Through reading this week, I realized the importance of hometown and memory to Immigration. Especially in the reading "War, Genocide, and Justices: Cambodian American Memory Work" by Cathy J. Schlund- Vials, the author mentions the dilemma faced by many Cambodian Americans and this confusion about their own definitions. This impact is profound and cannot be ignored for the Cambodian American community. This impact is profound and cannot be ignored for the Cambodian American community. In particular, at that time the deportation of Cambodian refugees from the United States is involuntary repatriation. It is undoubtedly another tragedy for refugee family members who have just settled in the United States to escape the Cambodian genocide. Some of them have been legal immigrants in the United States for decades, but they are not accepted by law and society.
In fact, as of 2017, nearly 1,900 Cambodian-Americans were repatriated, and they did not even speak or be familiar with Cambodian languages. Cambodia Americans still face medical, welfare, legal, religious and school, etc issues to this day. Memory is an important source of self-definition. So how can the immigrants and more Americans understand and remember history when education ignores history?
In fact, as of 2017, nearly 1,900 Cambodian-Americans were repatriated, and they did not even speak or be familiar with Cambodian languages. Cambodia Americans still face medical, welfare, legal, religious and school, etc issues to this day. Memory is an important source of self-definition. So how can the immigrants and more Americans understand and remember history when education ignores history?
Chally Dang “Chally Dang became a member of the Crip affiliated ABZ (Asian Boyz) gang. At 15 years old he served five and half years for possession of a fire arm following a drive by shooting.”
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