Week 3: Max Ma (A03)

Max Ma

ASA002 A03

Week 3

In the article “Kaozong Mouvangsou’s “Hmong Does Not Mean Free: The Miseducation of Hmong Americans,” Kaozong Hmong examines the flaws in the U.S educational system, specifically how the educational system allows our society to ignore many culturally diverse groups in our Asian-American community, and eventually foster the division within the Asian American society. In the U.S history book, Hmong people are usually categorized as one of the bigger Asian ethnicities such as Chinese, Vietnamese, or Laos. However, Hmong people have their unique language, culture, history and belief. The failures of the American educational system in relationship to Hmong create a complicated and awkward position for Hmong people in our society, where they’re not recognized, heard, and supported. The educational system unintentionally helps our society to divide each other that ultimately hurt our chances to succeed as immigrants, or minorities. This reading allows me to realize how blessed I am as an Asian American who never experienced culture or social discrimination inside my own Asian community. Since I had the opportunity to study Chinese history in Taiwan, this reading reminds me of the history of Chinese Hui people that reside in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR). The Hui people believe in Islam, and they are a legally religious group located in Northwest of China. Hui people have a substantial history that is often ignored in the Chinese educational system. However, their history could be examined to explain the very first interaction between east Asia and the middle east, where Islam was originated.

Question:

Is there any way to propose to add a section for Hmong people's history in the US History or World History book? 

Reference:

[Digital Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2017, from http://www.chinatoday.com/city/ningxia.htm

Ningxia, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China Province Information-Ningxia

Mouavangsou, K. N. (2016). Hmong does not Mean Free: the Miseducation of Hmong Americans. Retrieved October 07, 2017.