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Scope/Content: Oral history of Mr. Nguyen Quoc Anh who was born in Rach Gia, Vietnam in 1964. He and his family emigrated from Vietnam in 1975 by plane. After stopping in the Philippines and Guam, he arrived in Camp Pendleton. He received his education from UCLA where he earned his B.S. in Physics, CSUF where he earned his M.S. in Electrical Engineering, and UCLA where he received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. One of the significant events that happened in Mr. Nguyen’s life is the nature of his immigration to the United States and his experience growing up as a refugee. He explains in the interview in detail about his journey. Mr. Nguyen is married to his wife Theresa and has three children. He currently resides in Fullerton, California and works as a systems engineer at Panasonic. 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: Anh Nguyen, photographer Nicole Chang, 2019.
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sound
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1 mp3 audio file; 1 pdf transcription English; 1 pdf life map; 1 pdf time log; 5 jpg image files
Rach Gia | Vietnam War | Military | Tan Son Nhut Airport | Camp Pendleton, California | High school | English as a second language (ESL) | Orange, California | University of California, Los Angeles | University of California, San Diego | Cal Poly Pomona | California State University, Fullerton | Little Saigon | Engineer
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