What Makes My Multicultural Identity

Have you ever met a Korean Jew who was born a Catholic and raised by the wealthy? Most people haven't; unless of course, I come to mind. Although I just identify as a Korean Jew, I still own parts of my subculture that greatly influence my overall cultural identity. The many cultures I've experienced have shaped my culture identity to a more multicultural identity.

I was born a Catholic and my biological mother had baptized me. For the beginning part of my life, I attended a Catholic private school and participated in many Catholic events. I was young and didn't understand most of the religion, but I didn't like all the rules and hatred I've seen within parts of the Catholic culture. Although, seeing such a large group of people coming together just to pray was intriguing to me as a child. I became fixated on the thought of being religious and belonging to a religious group. Soon, I stopped
I'm not a rich or snobby girl, and I'm not a good catholic girl; though, I still have aspects to my identity that could reflect that. With all the cultures I have been lucky to experience, I've become a multicultural stew with mostly all of the redeemable traits I wanted. Although I've been left with some resentment towards myself and my work due to my Korean culture, I still identify as Korean. No matter how unaware I am of my own religion at times, I also still identify as Jewish, and love that I can go to a synagogue with a mass of people for the same reason. The pungent smell of months old kimchi and the sweet toasty scent of sesame oil always brings me home - However, if offered a latke I'd never turn it down. I'd like to think I'm not the only Korean girl who's heart warms at the sight of the star of David, or the slight throat itch you get when speaking yiddish. Though, even if I am the only korean girl like this, I'm proud that it's part of who I am, and part of my