{"id":1325,"date":"2025-11-07T17:29:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T22:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2025-11-07T17:29:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T22:29:58","slug":"the-shorelines-of-identity-and-belonging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/2025\/11\/07\/the-shorelines-of-identity-and-belonging\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shorelines of Identity and Belonging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Interviewee: Jacob Ju<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interviewer: IniAbasi Bassey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This interview is with Jacob Ju who is a senior at Colby College at the time of this interview. Jacob is a second generation Korean American who has lived and grown up in California since birth. He is the only son of his parents, both first generation Korean American with a paternal grandmother who fled from North Korea to South Korea as an infant and later immigrated to California around 1990. In this interview Jacob talks about his experience growing up surrounded by Korea within his neighborhood in California and what nuance that added to his relationship with Korea and his Korean-American identity. He also touches on how <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interview was conducted via Zoom to support flexibility in scheduling and to ensure the best sound quality in recording. This interview was conducted by IniAbasi Bassey, a senior Computer Science major at Colby college interested in Korean history<\/p>\n\n\n\n