[Project.diverse] “Like Being in Purgatory”: Cultural Identity Mapping Centers Hmong American Experiences of Biculturalism

The Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology has some interesting ones as well- for those that remember- the Hmong were allied with the US during Vietnam, which was really a proxy war with China (like Korea- tied up with fights with Communism and the Cold War). Like the current Afghan refugees in San Antonio, they would have been killed by the Chinese backed North Vietnamese communists if not relocated…the whole culture thing gets complicated. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00220221241230009 As a side- my father has a good friend who was Hmong…had to vouch for him in court if I remember correctly- had caned his then teenaged daughter…and when the judge asked why…”because if I don’t, the streets will…” MDB