안녕하세요, or a new thread about POTUS
January 14, 2018 4:47 PM Subscribe
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is a really nice twitter thread, but let's drop it in the existing thread. -- Eyebrows McGee
Meatbomb, here are the first 8 out of 14 parts thread:
1. I’ve never tweeted before but today felt like a good day to start.
6:08 AM - 13 Jan 2018
2. President Trump made a lot of upsetting remarks this week including this one. “Where are you from?” is a question that many Asian Americans dread.
3. This struck a chord with me not only bc I’m Korean-American, but also bc I worked at the White House, for President Obama. I left the WH in 2011 for a Fulbright scholarship in Korea. President Obama knew I was leaving to learn more about the culture and language of my parents.
4. On my last day, I went into the Oval Office and POTUS greeted me by saying, "안녕하세요". Hello, in Korean. I’m lucky bc @PeteSouza captured that exact moment.
5. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to work in public service. It was a lifelong dream to be in government. But I didn't know anyone in politics.
6. In early 2007, my senior year of college, I mailed my resume and a cover letter in a manila envelope to the Obama for America headquarters in Chicago. Two weeks before graduation, I received a phone call that a correspondence volunteer had found my letter in a mail pile.
7. She gave my letter to her boss, who then called and asked if I wanted to move to Chicago to work on the campaign. That's how I got hired on the campaign. That's how I ended up at the White House. That's how I got to work for President Barack Obama.
8. After my departure photo with POTUS, I left the Oval Office in a daze and ran into @kalpenn in the West Wing lobby. I recounted the interaction with the president and he started tearing up. "Why are you crying?" I asked.
9. He replied, "think about what you just said. How incredible that is. On your last day of work at the White House, after your years of service, the first African-American president greeted you in your parents' native language." I started crying too.
posted by growabrain at 4:55 PM on January 14, 2018 [11 favorites]
1. I’ve never tweeted before but today felt like a good day to start.
6:08 AM - 13 Jan 2018
2. President Trump made a lot of upsetting remarks this week including this one. “Where are you from?” is a question that many Asian Americans dread.
3. This struck a chord with me not only bc I’m Korean-American, but also bc I worked at the White House, for President Obama. I left the WH in 2011 for a Fulbright scholarship in Korea. President Obama knew I was leaving to learn more about the culture and language of my parents.
4. On my last day, I went into the Oval Office and POTUS greeted me by saying, "안녕하세요". Hello, in Korean. I’m lucky bc @PeteSouza captured that exact moment.
5. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to work in public service. It was a lifelong dream to be in government. But I didn't know anyone in politics.
6. In early 2007, my senior year of college, I mailed my resume and a cover letter in a manila envelope to the Obama for America headquarters in Chicago. Two weeks before graduation, I received a phone call that a correspondence volunteer had found my letter in a mail pile.
7. She gave my letter to her boss, who then called and asked if I wanted to move to Chicago to work on the campaign. That's how I got hired on the campaign. That's how I ended up at the White House. That's how I got to work for President Barack Obama.
8. After my departure photo with POTUS, I left the Oval Office in a daze and ran into @kalpenn in the West Wing lobby. I recounted the interaction with the president and he started tearing up. "Why are you crying?" I asked.
9. He replied, "think about what you just said. How incredible that is. On your last day of work at the White House, after your years of service, the first African-American president greeted you in your parents' native language." I started crying too.
posted by growabrain at 4:55 PM on January 14, 2018 [11 favorites]
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Trump pulled that 'where are you from' BS.
So he thinks an expert in hostage policy should switch her job to handling North Korea negotiations because 'her people' are from Korea. Expertise apparently doesn't matter. All that matters is ethnicity.
The Obama story, in contrast, was heartwarming.
posted by eye of newt at 5:20 PM on January 14, 2018
So he thinks an expert in hostage policy should switch her job to handling North Korea negotiations because 'her people' are from Korea. Expertise apparently doesn't matter. All that matters is ethnicity.
The Obama story, in contrast, was heartwarming.
posted by eye of newt at 5:20 PM on January 14, 2018
I miss Obama.
posted by triage_lazarus at 5:21 PM on January 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by triage_lazarus at 5:21 PM on January 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
We really took a step backwards when our national motto went from E pluribus unum to In God we trust. Out of many, one. Truly the strength of our nation
posted by Grumpy old geek at 5:23 PM on January 14, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by Grumpy old geek at 5:23 PM on January 14, 2018 [3 favorites]
This was a beautiful moment shared on Twitter today. I'm glad to see it here.
posted by device55 at 5:23 PM on January 14, 2018
posted by device55 at 5:23 PM on January 14, 2018
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