By H’Oat Rmah in Vancouver, BC I was born in 1996, in a small village surrounded by the mountains of Central Highland in southern Vietnam.…
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UA3411: On Being a Randomly Picked Asian
Commentary by Andrew Lam in San Francisco In America, when a source of authority says it randomly singles you out, you should always be wary.…
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Imagine the Stories Syrian Refugees will Tell in 25 Years
Book Review by Rosanna Haroutounian in Gatineau The histories of Canadians are plentiful, rich, and complex. We can never know all of them, but even…
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We Owe Allegiance to One Flag, One Anthem
Commentary by Bhupinder S. Liddar Come August 14 and 15, some in the Pakistani and Indian-origin Canadian communities will fly flags and sing national anthems…
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By Susan Korah (@waterlilypool) in Ottawa Haquyen Nguyen remembers that fateful moment 40 years ago as if it happened yesterday. As a teenager in South…
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by Andrew Lam (@andrewqlam) in San Francisco My mother is 82 and suffering from dementia, but the moment she heard that I was going to…
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by Dai Trang Nguyen in Toronto How would Canadians feel if July 1 was called Black July Day? What would happen if fictitious governments that no…
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Is the Divisive Bill on Vietnamese Refugees All About the Election?
by Alice Musabende (@amusabende) in Ottawa Most North Americans, at least of a certain age, identify the fall of Saigon in April, 1975, with the news…
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by Jan Wong My sister worries about my vacation plans, a 10-day tour of Vietnam in the midst of anti-Chinese riots. To be clear, I…
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