Project Mulberry

As I was reading Project Mulberry I was not for sure what was going to happen next or how the book was going to end.  I was caught off guard at the point in the novel when we learn how Julia's mom might be racists.  It was interesting to me how the author played that part out in the book and how she did not give a definite answer.  Does anyone have any thoughts about how the author incorporated racism in the book?  Also, I think this is the first book we read that the main character does not want to be apart of her culture.  As the book starts off and as it continues Julia does not want to associate herself with anything Korean and at the end of the book to me, I feel that she has come to terms with her culture but for the most part still has the same feelings towards it as in the beginning of the book.  Any thoughts??

Something Heard...

Today in one of my classes a mother shared to the class how she related to a video clip we watched.  She tells the class that her son was born with down syndrome and when he was first born a team of young doctors came into the room and instead of looking at the child as a new born, she said they looked at him like he was some kind of medical case.  She did not specifically say the emotions/feelings she felt at the time but I can only assume they were not good.  I think at times all people have judged or looked at some differently because they are "different" but because they are "different" doesn't mean they are not the same as us.  We are all made the same way and all have the same potential, I believe no one should feel like they are being looked at as a medical case.