Hmong American Essays

into one of the two indoor facilities and it was as if we were transported to another country. Narrow aisles bordered Hmong American vendors in small spaces packed with colorful and beautifully embellished clothing, home goods, personal care items, produce, spices, fruit and even movies on DVD. Flat screens displayed advertising, movies or music videos all portraying Asian Americans speaking in an unrecognizable language. I immediately sensed that the vendors were curiously

brief, Hmong Food Helps Us Remember Who We Are: Perspectives of Food Culture and Health among Hmong Women with Young Children is a research conducted by Wa Vue, Cindy Wolff, and Keiko Goto to learn of Hmong women with young children view on the cultural food impact on health and socialization. The researchers reached out to women in the Hmong community who are mothers who have at least one child or more to conduct the research. The research is to learn how culturally appropriate impact Hmong mothers

Being the second generation of a Hmong American caused complexities. Home consisted of strict traditional Hmong rules. Outside of home was an expression of freedom of the American life. Both have its own diversity. Balancing both felt as though sacrifices should be made. An enrollment in suburban schools increased my decision of sacrifices. The perspective of life as a Hmong American began to develop in ways I thought was changing. Moving from the city to the suburb was a relocation with a heavy

There are many differences in cultural practices between the Hmong and Americans. In the first chapter, soon after birth, the father in the Hmong family dug a hole at least two feet deep in the dirt floor and buried the placenta. Traditionally, if it was a girl, her placenta was buried under her parents’ bed; if it was a boy, his placenta was buried in a place of greater honor like near the base of the house’s central wooden pillar. In America, there are many policies in place that prevent people

a group of people. This includes the group’s shared values, goals, and practices. The differences between the American and Hmong cultures are displayed throughout Clint Eastwood’s production of Gran Torino. A key difference is the way both groups treat their elderly members. The film portrays the Hmong as treating their elders which much more respect than the Americans, yet both the Hmong children and Walt’s own grandchildren back-talk him throughout the movie. From the jump of Gran Torino, the main

Hmong gangs started forming in the United States in the late 1980s and early 1990s for protection from other neighborhood youth and school bullies where large members of Hmong refugees settled. Unlike many Latino and African American youth gang members who came from a broken family, Hmong gang members are mostly from a good home. They often come from intact homes with supportive and loving parents. However, the young Hmong generations found themselves caught between two completely different culture

In the movie “Gran Torino” the protagonist, Walt Kowalski is an Polish-American, Korean War Veteran, who is recently widowed after his wife’s death. Ever since then, Walt is troubled with the memories of the war and he did not like the fact that his son felt pity for him. The changes around his neighbourhood made him uncomfortable because it reminded him of the Korean War. Overtime, these changes caused some personality changes through the close bond with his neighbours, Sue and Thao, whom he treated

Introduction The Hmong people have a long history of searching for a homeland. They are among the oldest societies in Asia, yet very few know about them. As they have an oral culture, it is hard to determine certain aspects of their history, like their origin. However, comparing their religious viewpoints to others, they seemed to have originated from Chaldea, a region located near present-day Iraq. They then migrated to Asia, and the majority of the Hmong population resided in China near the Yellow

Just like the American dream, Hmong have ideals on how the family should run. An entirely full family with both parents present with both sons and daughters in the family. If there were any families with any different situations, they would be viewed differently in the community. The issue of maintaining the perfect family correlates to a fear of a tarnished reputation. Reputations affect how Hmong interact with their clan and their family socially. Hmong have frequent gatherings, including

The Hmong Secret War was fought secretly in Laos. The war was fought between the Hmong people who wanted democracy, and communist Vietnamese with help from the Laos. The Hmong had a leader and an iconic figure in their society, his name is General Vang Pao, he was a general in the Royal Laos Army. The CIA approached General Vang Pao and asked for the aid of the Hmong people in the Vietnamese War to help fight communism and in return if the hmong were enthralled by the Laos, the United States would

author’s name, then it’s cited, but the various types of sources are cited differently. In my Ethnographic Research Essay, I incrrectly cited a source as the following: “According to Marc Kaufman of ‘American Odyssey,’ ‘Thousands of Hmong-Americans have earned college degrees… today the American Hmong community boasts scores of physicians, lawyers and university professors.’” I forgot to parenthetically cite this direct quote with the page number to help build clarity and credibility in my essay.

Using Anne Fadiman’s book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down I have created a cultural assessment of the Hmong people and their experiences with the American healthcare system. This small Southeast Asian minority known as the Hmong began moving to the United States towards the end of the Vietnam War. This brought a whole new set of challenges for the healthcare providers of the United States due to their cultural beliefs and native practices which made it difficult to perform certain forms

The Fresno Hmong community is an ethnic and cultural community. In Fresno, Hmong American is one of the largest ethnic groups. The Hmong are refugees. The United States recruited the Hmong to fight in the secret war against the Pathet Lao. After the United States withdrew from the war, thousands of Hmong were killed by the Pathet Lao or were forced to abandon their homes, lands, and livestock in Laos and fled to the refugee camps in Thailand. This resulted in the immigration of the Hmong settling in

Resource. He has worked for Hmong American Partnership for 10 years. Also, he uses to organize SOY (Shadow of Yellow). Xiong is passion and love his community. Xiong stated, “If you are not passion about it, then it's right for you”. Hmong American Partnership (HAP) Hmong American Partnership (HAP) is a non-profit organization that provides and assists human services for the immigrant and refugee community to establish social and financial success. Hmong American Partnership founded in 1990

professional background is that of the Hmong lifestyle with its cultures against the entire American culture. In his background, there is miscommunication resulting from the refusal of the give medical dosages and other medicines due to the misunderstandings and mistrust. According to Barnsteiner , (p.71), there is also the inability of the US doctors to treat those people deeply rooted in the Hmong culture and they are also unable to learn that culture in the most helpful. Hmong is a refugee family in the US

specific examples of how health care professionals did not value or respond effectively to any of the Hmong values/beliefs you have listed in the questions above. What was the outcome of that cultural insensitivity. The Hmong traditions, beliefs and ways of life were often compromised at the hands of American society. Cultural insensitivity is prevalent throughout the Hmong’s journey with the American health care system. Between 8 months and 4.5 years Lia was in the hospital seventeen times and

movement called “Pathet Lao” from North Vietnam was trying to overthrow the Royal Lao Government. While this was happening the CIA recruited the Hmong led by general Vang Pao, (who were an ancient hill-tribe from the mountains of Laos) as a secret alliance, to help aid the Royal Lao Government. (Batson, 1991, “Birth of Pathet Lao” Para. 16) The United States and Hmongs involvement in this are now what is known as the Secret War, for it was kept a secret by the United States government. Eventually, the Royal

relied on welfare. Hmong welfare recipients felt they deserved these incentives because they had been displaced by an American satellite war. They believed

the Hmong that would make anyone feel frightened. Through these scenarios, we discover what the Hmong have had to endure in order to make a small amount of progress. Some of the individuals in the novel we encounter, including Dr. Robert Small, see the Hmong as “ignorant” and “almost a Stone Age people”. However, some individuals such as the social worker to Lia Lee, Jeanine Hilt, and the author of the novel understand why the Hmong reacted the way they did to the doctors. Many of the Hmong felt

The Hmong Community is very new to the American society. In the last thirty years, more and more Hmong families had immigrated into the United States. While Minnesota has the largest Hmong population and California is second to that, Hmong resides all over the United States. Some of the popular states include Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Massachusetts. I decided to write my personal essay on the Hmong community because I am a Hmong woman fighting