Amy Hoang
Section 1
Week 8
Reading Andrew Thi's article, “I am a man with a heart,” I
learned a lot about the author, who is a Cambodian American
immigrant. Despite growing up in a hostile environment and becoming
engaged in various criminal activities, Thi was a smart student who
received only A's and B's and stayed on the honor roll throughout
school. That surprised me, because I would never have thought a
criminal would be smart in school as well. After being snitched on by
others who were stealing, he was placed into juvenile and, at some
point, punished by federal law. His case made me wonder, how could he
have become involved in such crimes when he was raised by a good
family? He seems to me to have an addiction to crimes, because right
after leaving prison, he starts stealing again. What kind of
environment and people did he come in contact with who roped him into
his crimes? In another situation, could he have been a successful
member of society?
Below is a picture of an Asian American gang. Most such gangs'
members include Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian ethnicities.
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