Americans are "Irish, Polish, Hungarian and German. My husband was Irish, German, Cherokee and French. On top of that we adopted three kids from Korea, Kazakhstan and and Vietnam" and so much more.
We simply can't wrap our heads around an entire country that speaks with one voice (a universally common language and dialect), has one race, is one ethnic group, and has one uniform culture and assumptions about the world.
You and I don't feel like we are the same as people living in Alaska or Arkansas. What they do doesn't reflect on us because we are different.
Koreans don't necessarily have the same luxury...
That's fine.
I am half Korean and my mom is devastated. She called me crying this morning. She said when she heard the murderer was Asian, she prayed he wasn’t Korean. AmericanInTokyo is absolutely 100% correct. Of course you wouldn’t understand this unless you are familiar with Asian culture. I’m only half Korean and I felt the shame. When I hear an American soldier commits a crime overseas, I feel the shame, too. When an American or Korean excels, I also feel the pride.