Southeast Asian refugees

Vietnamese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gtTikWQf3E
Cambodians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIfVvCOPUSM
Hmong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_0WbPq2lhs

Executive Order 1066

https://usinternmentcamps.weebly.com/poetry.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgmY2P-xT_Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHZz4oKYZg8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeBKBFAPwNc

Poems

1. What does your poem reveal about the Hmong narrative? What are some of its themes? What meaning can you decipher from it?


2. Does the poem require you to understand Hmong culture and traditions in order for you to "get" the poem? What lines/words made it difficult for you to understand the poem? What lines/words made the poem more accessible to you?


POEMS:


How Do I Begin?
Photograph of the Fire at Nam Yao Refugee Camp
Immunization
Your Janitor - My Father
Modern Life
Confessions of a Hmong Thug to His Mother
Doors