Most recent public comments by Amanda Tang https://nowcomment.com/users/16333 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36344?scroll_to=388104 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36344?scroll_to=388104 There aren't very many Hmong veterans left. The physical war may be over for the soldiers, however they are fighting yet another "campaign." As more years pass, the war is becoming a more and more distant memory. Those that lived through it are slowly passing away. If the sacrifices and honor disappear alongside the memory, who is to say history won't repeat itself? Who will remember the Hmong contribution to the war? -Joseph, Amanda, Sarah, Danxia Mon, 02 Nov 2015 18:25:43 -0600 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=387980 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=387980 I agree that the number of Asians overcoming hardships is a reason for the "model minority" myth. However, I'd like to further expand on this point. From my personal experience, the people I know tend to think of more Eastern Asian individuals, specifically the Chinese, as "model minority." I think oftentimes the many Asians who do succeed but are from Vietnam or from the Philippines are often sort of "put to the side"by Americans. As you said, there are many stories of Asian-Americans that are essentially ignored. Perhaps some of the reasoning is that, like Tien says in a few comments below, many of the Vietnamese and Philippines immigrants are victims stuck in poverty. They don't have nearly as many resources as many of the wealthier Chinese immigrants who are coming to America. Also, because of the sheer unpopularity of the Vietnam War in America, the Vietnamese might not be given as much opportunity during their time here, because their very presence is a reminder to US citizens of what the United States did during the 1960s. This whole concept of "model minority" should, in my opinion, be gotten rid of. There are people of every race who succeed on a large scale, but those few should not set the terms to what an entire, incredibly broad group of people is stereotyped as. Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:46:55 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=384930 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=384930 To say "complicity is the truest war story of all," is no exaggeration. All the activities surrounding the preparation for World War II helped drive the United States out of the Great Depression. As the excerpt Maxine Hong Kingston's China Men suggests, every action we have impacts the war effort. However, there is that dissonance between war being all around us and what we as ordinary citizens can digest. Entertainment and the media are huge influences on the lives of people of all ages. Yet what is constantly on the TV are fictionalized, dramatized, and sensationalized accounts of violence, with just a few brief exceptions. Are we unable to handle the truth of war? We have a thirst for action and violence and the hellish characteristics of war. However, we, being so detached from the real action and engaging in the war effort through more passive actions, such as "cleaning the oven" and "running a computer"are incapable of facing reality. We choose to watch "zombies" and "serial killers" because we know that's not real; it takes place in a completely different universe from us, it will never become "personal." Real war, however, is personal. Because of that, we feel uncomfortable tackling the topic. Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:52:06 -0500