Jeff Cha
ASA 2 A02
Blog 1
The reading, “Asian Pacific Americans' Social
Movements and Interest Groups,” dedicates a section to explain the
“Evolution and Integration of South Asians.” Within the section, it
discusses how first generation South Asian-American immigrants are primarily
focused on being financially stable rather than on social movements or politics.
As a first generation Hmong-American, I find this description to be accurate
amongst a majority of the Hmong immigrants. The Hmong people immigrated
to the United States, earliest being in the late 1970s, in order to attain a
better way of life. Many Hmong immigrants were farmers back in the hills
of Laos and Thailand so they lacked formal education and were very poor.
They came to the US as adults so a lot of the opportunities have passed which
leads to them being content with their new living conditions. As a
result, Hmong parents and grandparents emphasize to their children the
importance of getting jobs to provide for their families and without much
thought towards the social problems or politics of the US.
Is it reasonable for
anyone or any group of people to focus on establishing themselves first before
focusing on other issues?
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