ASIA AM 50 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hmong Americans, Jus Ad Bellum, Asian American Movement

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- The Spirit Catches You and You fall Down
- Chapter 1
- Hmong Birthing traditions drastically different to that of US.
- Women delivers each child with her own hand
- Burying of placenta
- Different taboos to avoid to ensure the health of baby
- Lia Lee was born in the American Hospital, with western procedure
- The Lee’s performed birthing ceremony after the birth of Lia
- Chapter 2
- Talks about the history of the Hmong. Their constant fleeing and fighting.
- They were discriminated by others, associated with barbaric values
- Hmong are resilient, courageous despite the look-down from others
- Chapter 3
- When Lia was 3 months old, her older sister slammed the door, causing
Lia to faint. The parents assumed the noise caused the soul to flee. “The
spirit catches you and you fall down”
- Epileptic child, in Hmong culture, is assumed to have the power to
navigate through the spirit world. The parents were proud and concerned
at the same time
- The parents unable to follow prescription because they did not know
English
- Chapter 4
- The Hmong distrust western medicine practices, because doctors ask too
many questions and has hard time to diagnose as oppose to Hmong
doctors who are able to identify sickness upon sight
- Surgery, Autopsy, taking of blood samples are considered harmful with
the exception of injections
- Chapter 5
- As Lia grew, symptoms compounded. The parents and the staffs still
have communication issues.
- Analysis
- Unwillingness to compromise as a cultural trait that has enabled them to
survive
- Western doctors and nurses were less successful than conquergood
because they considered themselves hold all the knowledge, rather than
viewing the relationship as mutual learning
- Theme of power is consistent, as doctors thought they are more
knowledgeable
- Circles back to idea of “Yellow Peril”, the lee’s pose danger to health and
welfare
- Because of the complex Hmong Hierarchy, doctors found it hard to
communicate. But doctors who makes the effort to understand the
hierarchy found more success. Lesson: if doctors wish the Hmong to
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respect their expertise, they must be willing to learn the Hmong social
Hierarchy
- The reorganization of Hmong American Families in response to Poverty
- Hmong families have
- Actively engaged in secondary internal migration
- Formed new communities
- Restructured families and households
- Migration to the United states
- Laotian Hmong refugees’ migration is the direct result of the failed US
foreign policy and military intervention in Southeast Asia
- Prolong experiences with war, displacement, and dislocation distinguish
the experiences of Southeast Asian refugees from those of most other
post-1965 immigrants
- A lot of children became orphaned due to the war, later becomes foster
children
- To rebuild, Hmong married within the ethnic group to keep building the
community
- Social and Economic Challenges upon resettlement
- The US policy entailed scattering Southeast Asian refugee families
across multiple cities and states, this was done to prevent overwhelming
pressure on individual states and localities social services
- The resettlement exacerbated the problem of segmented communities
- Suffers from drastic change in diet contributed to health issues
- Since most Hmong skill of farming is undervalued in the society, they
experience unemployment.
- The poverty is resulted from and is maintained by specific public policies
and practice of social closure within America’s social institution
- Though refugees were provided public services such as cash aid and
medical assistance, they dd not receive help at finding a job
- Changes in Hmong American Families and Households
- Hmong adults have historically favored large extended family households
over small nuclear families and nonfamily households.
- Family size decreased as a result of the migration, it can be interpreted
as an adaptive response to a number of economic and noneconomic,
structural and personal factors
- Also might be Hmong families’ adaption to the dominant American value
of small nuclear families.
- Institutional work practices that directly and indirectly impact Hmong
women’s fertility choices
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- Southeast Asian Refugees
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- Vietnam conflict
- Crucial hotspot of the cold war
- Anti-colonial, nationalist movement stranded in the rhetorics and bi-partisan
commitment to containment
- Policy makers convinced that the events in Vietnam foretold eisenhower's
domino theory
- French colony since 19th century
- Occupied by Japan during WWII
- Post-WWII france reinstates claims with American support
- First time war is televised
- Agent orange were sprayed on land, the region was killed. Caused long time erosion, so
enemy is visible, Silver nitrate to cloud so it rains
- A just war?
- Jus ad bellum (justice before the war) → if you are going to war there must be a
just cause. War needs to be declared by proper authority and have reasonable
success. Practical, and end must be proportional to the need.
- Jus in bello (justice in war) →
- Americans did not understand why they had to fight for vietnamese democracy
- Flight from saigon → People were trying to be pickup in the helicopter
Immigrant
Refugee
plan
Involuntary migrant
choice
Fleeing persecution or death
Can choose to go back, return
Usually cannot return to home country
Relative support
Initially go to temporarily refugee camps then
on to another country
Here for opportunity
Life or death
Often can explore settlement options
More likely to have trauma
- Vietnamese felt parallel to American ideals
- Nail shops and the niche economy
- A clean manicure means you didn't have to do these things yourself, manicure is
a luxury
- Nail economy bloomed because don’t require speaking english, and able to open
their own nail shop
- Red baiting
- A tactic to label someone as a communist to discredit them and destroy their
reputation
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The spirit catches you and you fall down. Hmong birthing traditions drastically different to that of us. Women delivers each child with her own hand. Different taboos to avoid to ensure the health of baby. Lia lee was born in the american hospital, with western procedure. The lee"s performed birthing ceremony after the birth of lia. Talks about the history of the hmong. They were discriminated by others, associated with barbaric values. Hmong are resilient, courageous despite the look-down from others. When lia was 3 months old, her older sister slammed the door, causing. The parents assumed the noise caused the soul to flee. The spirit catches you and you fall down . Epileptic child, in hmong culture, is assumed to have the power to navigate through the spirit world. The parents were proud and concerned at the same time. The parents unable to follow prescription because they did not know.

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