The Cycles of Trauma for Vietnamese Americans
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2019
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
More than forty years after the Vietnam war, Vietnamese refugees are being deported under Trump's immigration policies. Maria and Julio are joined by James Boo, documentary filmmaker and managing producer of the podcast Self Evident: Asia America's Stories, and Phi Nguyen, litigation director at Asian Americans Advancing Justice. They discuss the historical context of the Vietnamese immigrant community and the political and civic engagement of Vietnamese Americans.
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| 0:23.0 | Grasias. |
| 0:25.0 | Vietnamese Americans and Cambodian Americans and |
| 0:28.0 | Lao Americans are being targeted and I think what's a more important thing to realize though is that people of color are being targeted immigrants are being targeted. |
| 0:36.3 | This is part of a greater plan. |
| 0:38.3 | O'L- |
| 0:39.8 | Yo, what's up? |
| 0:42.3 | Welcome to into thick. This is a podcast about politics, race and culture. |
| 0:46.0 | From a POC perspective, I'm Marianne Jose Hossa. |
| 0:49.0 | And I'm Gulliorica Loebarel. |
| 0:51.0 | Joining us in our Harlem studio is James Boo. He's a documentary filmmaker and he's a |
| 0:56.4 | producer with the podcast called Self- Evidence. Hey James welcome to the show. |
| 1:00.7 | Thanks so much for having me. It's really an honor to be here. |
| 1:02.7 | Thank you. |
| 1:03.7 | And joining us from Atlanta, Georgia is Beyen-U-N. |
| 1:05.5 | She's a litigation director at Asian Americans Advancing Justice. |
| 1:10.1 | She's an attorney and a community organizer. |
| 1:12.6 | Welcome, Fee. |
| 1:13.6 | Thank you so much. |
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