Today was a day.... nothing special. Because the majority of my work has concluded, I spent a lot of it just crossing my t's and dotting my i's. I made the final touches to the media kit, but I have been working really hard on my newest task. Before, Suk Geun came to me I don't think that I have every really though hard about what it means to be a U.S. It baffles me to think that he has had to go through the process of renewing visas and getting licenses as a foreigner here. Think about it... things are so much easier when you can just show a driver's license or passport and be gucci, but have you ever accidentally clicked the wrong country on the drop down bar and seen the plethora of questions that follow. Crazy! I think that is part of the reason that I am so dedicated to helping him get his citizenship. Also, I don't really understand how knowing the who the president was during World War I is a valid question to determine whether or not a person should be called a citizen to this country. If that is the case, I'm sure a lot of people would be renewing their green cards right about now. I know a lot of you are wondering how he could have lived in Georgia for 15 years and not learned English. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO! If I have learned one thing since starting at A.R.K., it's how large and far reaching the Korean community is in Duluth. From banks, grocery stores, and restaurants to gyms, hair salons, and auto shops, everything in Koreantown is adapted to the Korean community. It is a close knit community as well which I had the honor of witnessing through the comings and goings at the radio station.
In my final hours at the station, it was relatively quiet. I discussed music preferences and future plans with the secretary at the office. She told me that I would always have a place at A.R.K. and to make sure that I come back to the station, and we could all go to karaoke together. I would love that... More than you know. Before walking out, I was handed a small envelope; upon opening it, I had to fight back tears because it was a sheet of paper with words from everyone on at the station (in Korean of course). Most of the letters started with either "our lovely Dominique" or "our cute Dominique" each sharing their personal thoughts on my time there. There was even a request for me to come on-air in the future (when I have studied more of course). I will forever be grateful to everyone at that station because they all took a chance on a 5'10" black girl with a strange affinity to Korean culture, and I am all the better because of it.
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