Today while we were going over the Literature in class my group had the poem (Untitled) by Frances Chung. This was about a gentleman who worked in a barber shop at the local airport that falls in love with a girl and "stalks her".The author in the poem made it very clear that his father came from China and his mother Mexico. Having a multicultural background seems to becoming the norm in America now. When I came home from school I talked to my Dad about golf and Tiger Woods, the professional golfer, came up in the conversation. Despite the controversies Tiger has some ties into this class.
Tiger woods was born Eldrik Tont Woods to his parents Earl and Kultida Woods. Tiger, kind of like the Barber in the story, has a background of many different cultures. He is one fourth african american, one fourth Thai, one fourth Chinese, and one fourth Native American. His father African American and Native American and his mother Thai and Chinese. A small fact I also found that relates to this class was that Tiger's father Earl Woods was a Lieutenant Colonol in the Vietnam war. Earl Woods actually met Tiger's mother on tour in Asia. So not only does Tiger's Family have multicultural ties to this class but his father had hands on experience of the Southeast Asian movement into the United States.
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