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Title: Oral History of Linh Ly, restricted until 2039-01-26
Creator: Ly, Linh
Contributor: Van, Kayla Hue
Date Created and/or Issued: 2019-01-26
Contributing Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive
Collection: Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History project
Rights Information: Copyrighted
This material is provided for private study, scholarship, or research. Transmission or reproduction of any material protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Contact the University of California, Irvine Libraries, Special Collections and Archives for more information (spcoll@uci.edu).
Description: Scope/Content: Mrs. Linh Ly was born on February 7th, 1978 in Cho Moi, Vietnam and escaped by boat from Vietnam in 1981. She and her family traveled first to Thailand then four months later, transferred to the Philippines so that they could be sponsored. In January 1982, Linh and her family reached Missouri where they were sponsored by a Christian church. In 1983, Linh and her family drove to California for better job opportunities and moved to Garden Grove. In 1984, she attended elementary school at AJ Cook then in 1990, moved up to Jordan Intermediate School. Then she started high school at Bolsa Grande starting in 1992. After graduating high school, she attended Orange Coast College then transferred to Cal State Long Beach. In college, she met her husband, Johnny, and they got married in 2003. In her interview, Linh talked a lot about the importance of education and family, as well as touching upon some stories concerning the escape from Vietnam to Thailand. Linh has two kids; a girl named Cameryn and a boy named Dylan. Currently, she is working at the County of Orange as an Administrative Services Manager. Materials restricted until 2039-01-26.
Scope/Content: At what point in time can one pinpoint the beginning of Vietnamese America? Does it begin with the Fall of Saigon? Does it begin with the creation of Little Saigons throughout America? In looking to define Vietnamese American experiences, do we limit what it has been and what it could be? Whatever the entry point, experiences of Vietnamese Americans are inextricably tangled with the political, economic, and social structures of racial, class, and gender hierarchy in the United States and notions of authenticity and nationalism. Thus, to begin learning what the Vietnamese American experience entails, is to also begin unlearning. This course seeks to understand, unravel and complicate what Vietnamese America is through a critical refugee and critical race lens. By analyzing various issues, we are able to see how Vietnamese Americans are affected by larger societal forces such as capitalism and imperialism. This course aims to: 1. To introduce the student to the history, culture, and contemporary experiences of Vietnamese Americans, highlighting how power and privilege entangles them all together. 2. Expand current discourse around social issues that affect Vietnamese Americans by using both scientific literature, creative works and scholarly articles. 3. Expose students to the multitude of historical, contemporary and local Vietnamese American narratives, taking advantage of the proximity to one of the largest Little Saigons.
Scope/Content: Linh and Kayla, 2019.
Type: sound
Format: 1 mp3 audio file;1 pdf transcription English; 1 pdf time log; 1 pdf life map; 7 jpg image files
Extent: 01:35:48
Identifier: ark:/81235/d8bc4b
VAOHP0382
http://hdl.handle.net/10575/14642
Language: English
en
Subject: Boat people | Buddhist | Business | California State University, Long Beach | Children | China | Chinatown | Cho Moi, Vietnam | College | University | Communism | Education | Escape | Identity | Family | Fountain Valley, California | Family | Fisherman | Garden Grove, California | High school | Higher education | Immigration | Integration | Integration gap | Marriage | Orange Coast College | Racism | Religion | Refugee camp | Refugee camp (Philippines) | Refugee camp (Thailand) | Resettlement | Restaurants | Sponsors | Sponsorship | Student | Tet Festival | Thai pirates | Tradition | Custom | Vietnam War
Time Period: 1970-1979
Relation: Vietnamese American Experience Class Oral Histories, 2019 Winter

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