October 30, 2015
ASA 02
Section 2
Blog 7
In Professor Valverde's piece on the meeting and discovery of Chau Huynh, and artist whose works embody the sentiment of Vietnamese immigrants in America. After reading the first few paragraphs of the text, I realized that growing up in America, I never maintained a full understanding of what immigration to the United States from Vietnam was like for most people. I had the general sense of a wore torn country forced many people to come to the United States and start new lives, but did not understand what that really means. The understanding I finally got of Huynh's incense boat work and professor Valverde's lecture of Boat People from Vietnam, is that the Vietnamese people that immigrated to the United States during the Vietnam war not only faced the struggles of fleeing a war torn country, but also encountered a treacherous trip that some were not lucky enough to make, nevertheless having to start a new life in a foreign country that does not openly accept your values and culture. After reading this and realizing that many of Huynh's artistic works were contributed to Vietnamese Americans, I realized that the hardships faced by these immigrants and their families define the Vietnam war itself, and that one must educate themselves on the struggles that were faced in order to come to the United States and seek a new life.
What other Asian American groups can you think of that Immigrated to the United States similar to the circumstances that Vietnamese immigrants faced?
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