Kimberly Pariyavanh

ASA 2 A03

Blog 8

8 November 2015

Response to “Love, Money, Sin, Prison, Revenge”

            Lam’s article included many statements to which I felt strongly connected. One particular line that I resonated with the most was: “The boys were Vietnamese, Catholics and the sheriff initially had a Laotian monk at the scene". I felt a strong connection to this because I felt that growing up, teachers and administrators never truly knew how to deal with me because of my uncommon ethnicity. There was always assumptions going around that lumped me with other Asian kids who were not of a similar ethnic background. Although we are still relatively new, I would hope that since the Southeast Asian population has been in America for a decent amount of time that educators and potential employers are taking the necessary steps in gaining some type of understanding.

Question: How do employers decide what training or seminars their employees are required to attend? Is there a vast range to choose from?