Bicultural family

I live in Uijeongbu where it has the American Army base. So there are a lot of foreigners and I can see them nearby my home. Or if you go to some places where a lot of foreigners live like Itaewon or Ansan, you can see a lot of foreigners and their lives. In addition, I can also find a Korean and foreigner couple and a baby easily. When I was younger, I couldn’t see that mixed couple. However, I think, a rate of mixed couple is getting higher each year. With increasing an awareness of Korea, a lot of foreigners come into Korea for getting a job or make a trip. This is good situation for both we and foreigners I think. Because when we meet a foreigner, we can share our culture, language, and experience.

As I said, the rate of bicultural family is increasing. Maybe their children will speak two languages. They don’t have any problems about living in Korea themselves. However, some Koreans have a prejudice especially old people. Some people who never met foreigners in their whole lives may think foreigners are more aggressive and rude, but they are not. If he or she could meet and talk with foreigners, he would not say that.

Therefore, we can eliminate the prejudice and learn other countries’ culture through bicultural family. We have to treat them as our family and with respect. Also the Government should protect children who live in bicultural family from any difficulty and discrimination.