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Let me start by saying that I consider myself a Liberal Centrist with some Left leaning opinions. This was probably why I wasn't as offended by Ms. Park's views as some of the other reviewers. There was a lot that Ms. Park shared in this book that I agreed with and there were some things that I didn't. However, I do think this is a book worth reading.
Too often we (Americans) live in a vacuum of our own making. This is why I love hearing about our country from a non-historically-American perspective. Immigrants haven't "drunk the Kool-Aid" and can give a better, more unbiased, and critical view of America's politics. Arguably, they are closer to understanding the true meaning of an American Dream than people born in the USA. They have a more visceral appreciation of our freedoms and a stronger drive to protect them. So if we want to understand anything from a higher, world-view perspective, and work to make a better country, we need to be able to hear dissenting views with an open mind.
The only other thing I want to share, because I'd really like you to read it for yourself, is to remember that this is a memoir. It's her thoughts, feelings, opinions on where the US is headed politically. They are grown from her very real experiences growing up in North Korea. It would be a disservice to her and ourselves to not at least consider them. Yes, it's a more conservative view, and she mentions people at the end who many would consider inflammatory commentators, but that doesn't make it a "bad" book.
Too often we (Americans) live in a vacuum of our own making. This is why I love hearing about our country from a non-historically-American perspective. Immigrants haven't "drunk the Kool-Aid" and can give a better, more unbiased, and critical view of America's politics. Arguably, they are closer to understanding the true meaning of an American Dream than people born in the USA. They have a more visceral appreciation of our freedoms and a stronger drive to protect them. So if we want to understand anything from a higher, world-view perspective, and work to make a better country, we need to be able to hear dissenting views with an open mind.
The only other thing I want to share, because I'd really like you to read it for yourself, is to remember that this is a memoir. It's her thoughts, feelings, opinions on where the US is headed politically. They are grown from her very real experiences growing up in North Korea. It would be a disservice to her and ourselves to not at least consider them. Yes, it's a more conservative view, and she mentions people at the end who many would consider inflammatory commentators, but that doesn't make it a "bad" book.