week 2

Ju Yong Kim

Section: A02

Week 2

I believe that the article written was very intriguing. To start off, the U.S.'s view on the Hmong people was very wrong. I find that i could relate to Prof. Kaozong's experiences because of the way that Korea's view is seen in a negative light. I cannot emphasize how many times, I thought why Korea was never mentioned in the books of public schools and how i never really learned about my culture in school. I believe that the only time that i learned about Korea was when it had to do with U.S.'s history as well. I understand that the Hmong culture is different from Korea's, but in a sense Asian culture is very similar. Kaozong's experience of males being seen as less successful in school than females is something that i, as an Asian-American student, can relate to. Pressured by parents to do better, while being compared to other students is very detrimental to the health of individuals like me. Overall, i found Kaozong's article to be very compelling. It rose certain topics of interest that made me think in a new perspective about U.S.'s public school system. I think that the most important thing to realize is to have a wide view on different topics and Kaozong succeeds in making people realize it.

This picture is from a post about the Hmong culture, and it was more informative than anything that i have been taught at school. I think it emphasizes the importance of the history of this culture and how this history was preserved and expressed through time. 

Question: Why is it that U.S.'s public school systems failed to give more information about asian culture and why has nobody done anything to change that ?  

references:  Mouavangsou, K. N. (2016). The Mis-Education of the Hmong in America ( Doctoral dissertation, U.C. Davis) 

Kanas historical Society, 2017. Hmong Story Cloth retrieved April 9, 2017 (http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/hmong-story-cloth/10367)