Roy Choi

Yeah. So they both came here for college, graduate school. So my mom was from a well-to-do family. My grandfather was a gangster. He was Tony Montana. Oh, really? My maternal grandfather. Can you just tell me the timeline? The Korean War is 50s? 50 to 53. Right. Up until 50, they're living in North Korea. Right. And the war happens. They all flee. But my grandpa's a geek. He figures things out.

Yeah. So they both came here for college, graduate school. So my mom was from a well-to-do family. My grandfather was a gangster. He was Tony Montana. Oh, really? My maternal grandfather. Can you just tell me the timeline? The Korean War is 50s? 50 to 53. Right. Up until 50, they're living in North Korea. Right. And the war happens. They all flee. But my grandpa's a geek. He figures things out.

He gets to Seoul. I mean, Seoul at that time was basically dirt roads and buildings all blown up. It was just crazy. Yeah.

He gets to Seoul. I mean, Seoul at that time was basically dirt roads and buildings all blown up. It was just crazy. Yeah.

He gets to Seoul. I mean, Seoul at that time was basically dirt roads and buildings all blown up. It was just crazy. Yeah.

that time the war was coming off of the japanese occupation because it's the peninsula in the pacific ocean we were at the brunt of the whole cold war between you know communism and the u.s right and korea was the pawn in between it all because that was the foothold into asia yeah and so most north koreans came down across the border it closed he's in seoul and it's like tony montana in the detention center washing dishes you know in miami tony montana's a scarface reference just so you know my

that time the war was coming off of the japanese occupation because it's the peninsula in the pacific ocean we were at the brunt of the whole cold war between you know communism and the u.s right and korea was the pawn in between it all because that was the foothold into asia yeah and so most north koreans came down across the border it closed he's in seoul and it's like tony montana in the detention center washing dishes you know in miami tony montana's a scarface reference just so you know my

that time the war was coming off of the japanese occupation because it's the peninsula in the pacific ocean we were at the brunt of the whole cold war between you know communism and the u.s right and korea was the pawn in between it all because that was the foothold into asia yeah and so most north koreans came down across the border it closed he's in seoul and it's like tony montana in the detention center washing dishes you know in miami tony montana's a scarface reference just so you know my

Yeah. And so he figured things out. He was hustling the whole time and he eventually took over kind of like what you would call Midtown Manhattan. Like he took over and owned pretty much all the real estate. So my mom's family was very well to do. But that's a whole nother story because they lost everything. They had nine sisters, two brothers.

Yeah. And so he figured things out. He was hustling the whole time and he eventually took over kind of like what you would call Midtown Manhattan. Like he took over and owned pretty much all the real estate. So my mom's family was very well to do. But that's a whole nother story because they lost everything. They had nine sisters, two brothers.

Yeah. And so he figured things out. He was hustling the whole time and he eventually took over kind of like what you would call Midtown Manhattan. Like he took over and owned pretty much all the real estate. So my mom's family was very well to do. But that's a whole nother story because they lost everything. They had nine sisters, two brothers.

Both brothers got addicted to gambling and lost the whole fortune. So you come by this addiction stuff, honestly. It's crazy, yeah. And so they sent her here to art school. Dad came from the total opposite. He came from the country in the South, ended up in the city. His father was just, you know, a normal everyday banker. But he figured it out and became like the head of his class.

Both brothers got addicted to gambling and lost the whole fortune. So you come by this addiction stuff, honestly. It's crazy, yeah. And so they sent her here to art school. Dad came from the total opposite. He came from the country in the South, ended up in the city. His father was just, you know, a normal everyday banker. But he figured it out and became like the head of his class.

Both brothers got addicted to gambling and lost the whole fortune. So you come by this addiction stuff, honestly. It's crazy, yeah. And so they sent her here to art school. Dad came from the total opposite. He came from the country in the South, ended up in the city. His father was just, you know, a normal everyday banker. But he figured it out and became like the head of his class.

So he came on a scholarship to America. They met and then they decided to go back. I always make fun of them. I'm like, why the fuck'd you go?

So he came on a scholarship to America. They met and then they decided to go back. I always make fun of them. I'm like, why the fuck'd you go?

So he came on a scholarship to America. They met and then they decided to go back. I always make fun of them. I'm like, why the fuck'd you go?

back so they went back and they realized because for a lot of immigrant families once you taste america it's hard to go back to where you're from yeah but i also understand the desire and i don't know that this was theirs but to like make it where you're from i think part of it's korea comes from a very confucius model very like male dominated very respect your elders respect your parents always pay tribute to your family so i think they were going back to do things right but once you taste america

back so they went back and they realized because for a lot of immigrant families once you taste america it's hard to go back to where you're from yeah but i also understand the desire and i don't know that this was theirs but to like make it where you're from i think part of it's korea comes from a very confucius model very like male dominated very respect your elders respect your parents always pay tribute to your family so i think they were going back to do things right but once you taste america

back so they went back and they realized because for a lot of immigrant families once you taste america it's hard to go back to where you're from yeah but i also understand the desire and i don't know that this was theirs but to like make it where you're from i think part of it's korea comes from a very confucius model very like male dominated very respect your elders respect your parents always pay tribute to your family so i think they were going back to do things right but once you taste america