ASA 2 A04
Week 6 Blog
For this week's reading, "Hmong Does No Mean Free: The Miseducation of and by Hmong Americans" by Kaozong N. Mouvangsou, the author explains how the history of Hmong and Hmong Americans that is taught in the education system is misleading. From the authors research, it is known that in America, there is a bias in what should be taught in history books. So with that, the Hmong community became invisible and rarely mentioned to students within the school system. If the Hmong community and it's history were to be brought up, most of the information would be through a different bias and perspective. I remember when I was going into my freshman year of high school, I never knew about the Hmong community. I was never exposed to their culture and history until I was older. I began to notice that in us history or world history classes, Hmong history was never present. My classmates who identified as Hmong Americans always ask why they were never taught their cultural history in schools, but only through their family and outside of school. I think the education system needs to change their course to open more perspectives in what happened throughout history. Rather than giving small and inaccurate information, this would prevent any miseducation to other cultures and communities as well.
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Valverde, K.-L. C., & Dariotis, W.M. (2019) Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars
Resistance and Renewal in the Academy. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press
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