For Local Vietnamese, a Dangerous War of Words
Title
For Local Vietnamese, a Dangerous War of Words
Subject
Vietnamese Community in United States
Description
The divide which happened during the civil war continues in the new homeland, the United States. The anti-Communist movement in the Vietnamese communities turn violent as anyone who disagrees or tolerates Communism was targeted. Some Vietnamese tries to explain this outbreak of violence.
Creator
Thomas, Pierre; Stephanie Griffith
Source
[no text]
Publisher
Washington Post Digital
Date
Sep 29, 1990
Contributor
[no text]
Rights
Copyright The Washington Post Company Sep 29, 1990
Relation
[no text]
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Historical Newspapers
Identifier
Vietnamese Divide Communism Immigrants
Coverage
1990
Original Format
[no text]
Text
"Fifteen years after hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese immigrants fled to the Washington area and other parts of the United States, many continue to fight the war that sundered their homeland."
"Triet Le, a Vietnamese magazine columnist known for his acidic political writings was gunned down with his wife outside their Fairfax County home. No motives has been established, but mean of Le's colleges believe his death was politically motivated."
"There are an estimated 1 million Vietnamese Americans, concentrated in Southern California, with smaller populations in areas near Dallas, Houston and Washington. Since that community is highly literate, journalists ' become easy targets because their spread ideas.'"
King Qanh Cook, social worker:
"For Americans it was another war. For us it was a civil war."
"There is a gap between the younger generation who has grown up here and the older generation. Their view is a little bit different. Most of them do not like the communists, but anti-communism is not the thing for them. The older generation cannot accept that."
"Triet Le, a Vietnamese magazine columnist known for his acidic political writings was gunned down with his wife outside their Fairfax County home. No motives has been established, but mean of Le's colleges believe his death was politically motivated."
"There are an estimated 1 million Vietnamese Americans, concentrated in Southern California, with smaller populations in areas near Dallas, Houston and Washington. Since that community is highly literate, journalists ' become easy targets because their spread ideas.'"
King Qanh Cook, social worker:
"For Americans it was another war. For us it was a civil war."
"There is a gap between the younger generation who has grown up here and the older generation. Their view is a little bit different. Most of them do not like the communists, but anti-communism is not the thing for them. The older generation cannot accept that."
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Citation
Thomas, Pierre; Stephanie Griffith , “For Local Vietnamese, a Dangerous War of Words,” Vietnamese Immigration, accessed May 15, 2024, https://pham.omeka.net/items/show/6.