The U.S. has a Korean-American population of about 1.8 million. Not a huge number; most of them live in California, New York, and New Jersey. Now New Jersey voters have elected the first Korean-American to serve in the U.S. Senate.
Some voters still do the right thing. It should be noted that New Jersey voters also supported Kamala Harris over Don Trump. People in eastern PA often look down on our New Jersey neighbors, but I really like them.
I used to live in Mercer County, NJ, which has the largest percentage of advanced degrees of any county in the country. Now I don't. But I keep telling myself the skiing is better here!
ReplyDeleteShouldn't you be in Colorado?
ReplyDeleteThis is me again, looking for any silver lining. Thanks for passing this along. I didn't know.
ReplyDeleteAt the same time, as an Asian-American, I'm saying, "Wait, really? First ever Korean- American in the Senate?" I thought we would have passed that milestone by now.
The only thing I can say is the old cliche "better late than never."
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