Amidst Controversy, a Call for Unity, Tolerance, and Understanding Among Vietnamese-Americans
Brian Doan, 40, was born August 22nd, 1968 towards the end of the Tet Offensive in the Central Vietnam city of Quang Ngai. The Tet Offensive was a turning point in Vietnamese history marking the end of the Vietnam War and the beginning of what would be a new kind of struggle for an entire [...]
Passing on the Mantle: Tibetans of Southern California
Downtown Los Angeles, March 10th, 2009: “What do we want?” asks a rally leader on a megaphone, “Justice!” responds a group of about a hundred marchers. These are the voices of Southern California’s Tibetans in exile. Their chants remain loud and in uniform, their vibrant red, blue, and yellow national flags flutter briskly in the [...]
No First Name: A Tibetan in Exile
When Tsering Dolma first arrived in New York City in 2004, she barely spoke a word of English. She came only with a determination to survive and support her family still living in the Tibetan refugee villages of India. Like many other older, less-educated Tibetan women in exile, she went to work as a nanny [...]