ASA 2
Response to : Crossroads
From the article I gathered that the current status of the Vietnamese community is a microcosm of the bigger problem that affects world politics today. There is an extremely strong presence of a 'my way or the highway' mindset. People are not open to the ideas of others and work to discredit those with other opinions -- often to the point of endangering them. This was true in the case of Lam Duong who we also talked about in class.
I feel that this is another of those situations I talked about last week where certain groups of people are overly attached to their culture to the point that it is detrimental.
On a different note the criticism of Huynh's work was a different case as it took place over the internet. I disagree with the use of the term cyberbullying and think it was more of harsh, politically based criticism. It was the result of what was "thin skin" by people on both sides. On the internet, opinions tend to be stronger and more blunt due to the relative anonymity of those who do the posting. Due to this, one must be able to better brush off many of the personalized attacks that can take place. The situation escalated both because the community was too sensitive to a single piece of art that could be taken as offensive and because Huynh took the criticisms too hard. I do sympathize with her situation a little more because of the case with Duong, however. Overall, situations like these could be avoided if both parties were to simply let some things go.
An example of an attitude that would serve as better judgement for many of the "divisive" issues we have today
Q: How many "controversial" topics could we find solutions to if people weren't so overly sensitive about them?
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