My dad is of mixed European ancestry and self-identifies as White, and my mom is half Puerto Rican and half Italian and identifies as multi-racial (however, she acknowledges that she can oftentimes pass for White and as such does benefit from White privilege). I am a 32 year old Korean American man who was adopted from South Korea when I was nine months old. It is never easy to tackle since everyone’s feelings and opinions regarding their own background as well as the backgrounds of others oftentimes vary greatly however, your honest engagement and down-to-earth personality make all the difference.īefore I get to the heart of my response, perhaps I should preface it with a little information about myself. From there I found your other video to which I am responding.įirst, I would just like to commend you for the outstanding work you have done and thank you for navigating these issues of race in the way that you do. My name is Tim and I recently saw a Youtube video you had posted wherein you interviewed Asian men and Black American women in NYC about their thoughts regarding interracial dating and marriage.