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Celebrate AAPI Month With Jules and Yuni Min
Apr 28, 2023
What better way to celebrate APPI month than with some of Hibbett | City Gear's favorite creators who represent the Asian American Pacific Islander community? Meet Jules Min and her mom, Yuni!
Yuni: I was born in South Korea and immigrated to the US with my parents and sister when I was 5 years old. I work full-time in interior design, home staging, and as a content creator for major brands.
Jules: My ethnicity is South Korean but I was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. I am a full-time student-athlete and my passion and part-time job is modeling.
Yuni: Personally I feel my connection within the AAPI community is rooted in the fact that because I am a Korean living in the US, it has become such a big and important part of who I am, and I take great pride in my family's history and all that my parents sacrificed for me.
Jules: My connection to the AAPI community is not only thanks to my parents but also my grandparents, specifically my grandma. My grandma connects me to the AAPI community with the food she cooks and teaches me to make so that I can continue replicating the same recipes and cultural dishes that are a huge part of who we are.
Yuni: To be honest, celebrating being Korean is part of our everyday life, in the heart language that we speak, the delicious food that we eat, and the music we listen to. From watching K-dramas that make you cry and laugh to playing traditional Korean games with our family members. But AAPI month is a great opportunity for us to share all the amazing parts of our culture so that others can learn about, understand and appreciate our culture.
Jules: For me when I celebrate AAPI month, my grandma and I continue to make traditional dishes and share them with our friends and family. It is more difficult to celebrate as a teenager with people around me that might not be as appreciative, but celebrating AAPI month is really for everyone. Everyone has the ability to celebrate it whether it's by going out to a local, Korean fried chicken house or even just loving to watch K-dramas!
Yuni: We honor being a part of the AAPI community every day just by being confident in who we are. We honor our culture with the things that were passed down to us growing up like the idea of really taking care of one another. One critical part of our identity and what we strive to do is taking care of our parents and past generations. This is because of the many sacrifices we are aware they had to make for us to have a better life.
Yuni: It's important to hear diverse voices because of the many things we can learn from each other. Diversity enriches our lives because it gives us a greater understanding of the world and increases our empathy. I'm grateful every time I have the opportunity to share a part of my culture with others.
Jules: I think it's important because even though you can turn on the tv and watch a drama, for me growing up I always wanted to see more Korean people on American TV that wasn't super stereotypical. Now as diversity increases through things like entertainment, I hope that the younger generations can see that they are also represented in media in a positive light. This is actually one of the reasons I wanted to start modeling. Whenever I saw a magazine with someone that looked like me I was super stoked to see my face represented!
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