Laotian American

Rites Of Passage In Third World Laos Thaviesak Nachampassak APY 105 - Intro to Anthropology Poltorak, D L Rites of Passage: Laotian Culture “Here I am at the crossroads into adulthood. I stand before the threshold to adulthood ready to sever the ties of my youth, and begin new growth on the dead tree that represents childhood. The tree of youth that once stood tall with all of it’s quirky branches and knots, now lays horizontal, ready to give my new growth all the water and nutrients

Yong X. Vang, would never regret doing. He is a man who for the sake of the Americans, fought in the Secret War which then led him through many hardships and guided him and his family to where they are today. My first question to him was,” Why did we [people of the Hmong] come to America?” Thus he answered,” We are here in the United States today because of the Americans. We, the Hmong, formed an alliance with the Americans and fought together in the Secret War (1961-1975). After Laos had been taken

war in Laos, while the Vietnam war was going on. The CIA, General Vang Pao, American troops and the Hmong veterans were fighting against the Lao communist and the Vietnamese soldiers. The Lao communist government structurally declared genocide on the Hmong. They came to every Hmong village that thought supported the Americans. The communist slaughtered, burned, and raped the Hmongs. The war was kept secret by the American Government because the CIA didn’t have permission to go to Laos, but Vietnam

The Hmong people claim to have helped in the Vietnam war, but no one knows who they are and how they helped. The Hmong came from southeast Asia. Many fled from the war as a refuge from their country and some people were a refugee in their own country ("THE SPLIT HORN (2017) "). It is melancholy that people need to do this, but northern Vietnam had different political views. The major cause was a political view and northern Vietnam people started a war and it has dragged on for a while(“Fong Yang

The Hmong are a group of people who originally lived in the mountains overlooking Laos, China, Vietnam, and Thailand-- though most have since emigrated to other countries and areas due to political conflict. They have valued self-sufficiency and resisted authority throughout history, as they have constantly been the minority and often seen as the Other and persecuted for being such. Still, many have managed to survive and preserve much of their culture, such as religious beliefs and shamanic healing

In China, Laos and Vietnam all of the governments were communists and run by a single group of people in power. Patti Zarling noted that when the United States pulled out Vietnam, Hmong people who sided with the United States were killed by the Laotian, which is a communist regime in Vietnam (Zarling 1). Not only were the Hmong’s killed during this time, the government wanted to make sure that they were punished for their disloyalty. According to Zarling’s article, "many were killed, women were

Imagine living in poverty while also in war. What would you try to do? General Vang Pao was able to save many people’s lives and bring them out of poverty too. General Vang Pao led the Hmong people to fight and defend agianst the Vietnamese along with the help of the U.S and the French, but after that he helped bring us to the U.S for safety and a better life. He didnt start the war but tried his best to do what he could then helped us flee from the conflict. Throughout his 81 years of living, he

small group of Filipinos in the early 18th century that settled in present day Louisiana. The first major influx of Asian Americans was Chinese Americans who came in the 1800’s to find financial opportunity during the California gold rush. They settled in the Golden State and eventually spread out all over the United States, creating the now-famous Chinatowns that millions of Americans visit every year. There is a continual migration of well educated South Asians and East Asians for job and education

In 2012, Pew Research Center characterized Asian Americans as the “highest-income, best-educated, and fastest-growing racial group in the United States.” However, Asians in the United States weren’t always considered the “model minority.” Early Asian immigrants—who were mostly from Japan, China, India, and a smaller number coming from Korea—in the United States were mostly low-skilled male laborers, concentrated in ethnic ghettos, and were provided no paths to naturalized citizenship (J.Lee and Bean

Myth “Asian Americans are the highest-income, best educated and fastest-growing racial group in the United States. They are more satisfied than the general public with their lives, finances and the direction of the country, and they place more value than other Americans do on marriage, parenthood, hard work and career success, according to a comprehensive new nationwide survey by the Pew Research Center.” --- Pew Report: The Rise of Asian Americans The Pew report on Asian Americans is one physical