This week's theme is marginalization and miseducation. In the Navigating Graduate Education as a First-Generation, Hmong American Woman: An Autoethnography written by Manee Moua demonstrates that Hmong American Women received a title as "model minority" which indicate that they're doing well and shouldn't worry about their future. But, they do encounter challenges that are overlooked, such as cultural differences and first-generation challenges like the author experienced. According to the author, she applied for a Ph.D. program but her supervisor misjudged her as a submissive and is unfit to earn the Ph.D. because she was raised in Hmong culture to be ready to help whenever needed. Also, for first-generation students, they are short on the guidance to look for resources and counseling support to help them through the expectations of higher education. Through the reading, I realized that groups in SEAA rarely appear in textbooks and they have a stereotype when someone doesn't meet the characteristics of a "model minority", they are considered as unsuccessful in life. As an immigrant from Vietnam and from SEA, I can relate to Hmong American Woman and the marginalized that they received. For example, when I search on Youtube about Vietnam, the suggested box is mostly about the Vietnam war. I think people don't really know Vietnam more than just the war itself. Sometimes, when I fill out the ethnicity section, I don't even see Hmong or other SEA ethnics. Through the reading, it demonstrates to me that SEA, is often overlooked just because we don't make a lot of impact like the East Asians do.
On media, I often see East Asians, why can't SEA make headlines as well?
Moua, M.(N/A). Navigating Graduate Education as a First-Generation, Hmong American Woman: An Autoethnography. Hmong Studies Journal, vol19(1):[[ 1-25
[Southeast Asia] Retrieved from https://wikitravel.org/en/Southeast_Asia.
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