It is unfortunate to think about the identity crisis beginning to occur surrounding the recent events at Virginia Tech. It is especially hard to see an entire ethnicity being blamed for an incident that stemmed from one person. Being of Korean decent, Seung-Hui Cho caused a frenzy in not only the lives of Korean people in America, but also the rest of the American public as well, a frenzy that never had to occur. Around the country, discrimination is already apparent against Korean-Americans, as though every person of the ethnicity was involved. This ignorance on the part of the American people needs to stop immediately; otherwise a massive identity crisis will be in our midst. We as Americans are forgetting that it is our individuality and self-identities that separate us all as our own people. With discrimination like this, we are only setting ourselves back in history, instead of moving forward. The events that occurred at Virginia Tech should shape who we are as Americans for the better. Now is the time to come together in unity, not set ourselves apart in a time of need.
