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Jook-Yum Toothpaste By Joyce Seo “James” handed me a new tube of toothpaste, the box a familiar green and white. Even without opening it up, I could already smell and taste the “jook-yum,” (bamboo salt) I grew up with at my parent’s house. I had since switched to Crest, bought in bulk at Costco, forgetting how the two minutes seemed especially long brushing my teeth as a child. Never did I think I would reencounter the niche Korean brand my parents bought at church gatherings or the local market at a clinic in Compton. As I politely declined, James insisted, …
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