#Vietnamese immigrants

[rachel-sylvan-author]

"The Manicurist's Daughter" by Susan Lieu

Thank you @katie_b_is_reading for the wonderful read! It's one of my new favorites! ❤️

[bixels]

Jesus man, relax.

[lgbtally4ever]

If you reply to my posts, I’m going to assume you, too, are a fan of BL, and/or a proponent for gay rights, and/or a Liberal, who believes in equality for everyone.

MAGA: KEEP YOUR CULT-BASED DELUSIONS TO YOURSELF

[cogumellow]

little hanoi // prague, czech republic // april 2024 // ©

[sirlancenotalot]

daughter by cathy linh che

[jomnki]

time is a flat circle where we watch a country go to another country and randomly will civilians because "what if they're the enemies haha we totally aren't clearing people out to steal their land" etc and we all go "wow thats fucking messed up, good thing it won't happen again!" and then the exact same thing happens right now and the same people somehow are just incapable of accepting that fact that we are living through history and letting the thing we said wont happen again fucking happen again.

[tattooyeol]

My in laws are so funny. They always want to go out to eat on special occasions, but they refuse to eat anywhere other than this one vietnamese restaurant. And then they spend the entire meal complaining that they could've cooked it better at home and its too expensive.

[pixoplanet]

⛓️ It's the 4th of July, America's Independence Day.

Do Native, African-, Asian, and Hispanic Americans have anything to celebrate today?

🛶 Do Native Americans have anything to celebrate?

Many Native Americans view the 4th of July as a celebration of colonialism and the oppression of indigenous peoples rather than a celebration of independence. The Declaration of Independence itself refers to Native Americans as "merciless Indian Savages." Furthermore, contemporary celebrations often overlook or ignore the painful history of Native American communities, perpetuating a sense of exclusion and historical erasure.

🛶 Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux Tribal Chief Sitting Bull

For many African-Americans, the Declaration of Independence's assertion that "all men are created equal" starkly contrasts with the historical realities of slavery and systemic racism that have plagued African-American communities since the nation's founding. This contradiction was poignantly highlighted by Frederick Douglass in his 1852 speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" For many, Independence Day serves as a reminder of the persistent fight that must go on for civil rights and justice.

⛓️ Frederick Douglass asks, "What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?"

Despite the holiday's celebration of freedom and independence, Asian Americans have faced exclusionary policies, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. These historical injustices, coupled with ongoing issues of racism and xenophobia, contribute to mixed feelings about the 4th of July.

Many Hispanic Americans reflect not upon the 4th of July's ideals of freedom and independence, but upon historical and ongoing immigration, labor exploitation, and racial discrimination. The disparities between these ideals and their actual experiences can lead to a sense of exclusion. For some, the holiday serves as a reminder of their persistent struggle for equality and recognition in American society. ☮️ Peace… Jamiese

https://www.pixoplanet.com/post/4th-of-july

[ashe-withane]

god. I started reading On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

not even twenty pages in. I keep tearing up.

I had to stop for a bit because I didn’t want to cry on the bus.

[esr10]

Incredibly jealous of people who can fish

[stripe-conlon]

I don’t know if anyone’s answered you, but in this case it’s because you could have the exact resume they’d bring in for an interview and be discarded based on appearance (usually skin tone and apparent gender, possibly also other disabilities of you’re visually disabled, could be excluded based on piercings/tattoos/haircut/hair color), basically judging a book by its front cover. Getting to the interview stage is a bit like watching a book/movie trailer. Yeah, you can think a certain appearance isn’t going to “fit in”, but because you have to sit down and talk to them; you’re basically forced to gather the information necessary to judge the person’s fit from a work ethic standpoint.

Also, unless the company is only a handful of people, the person selecting the resumes to pass on and the person doing the interviews usually aren’t the same person. So Barbra of HR might look at a resume for Kate with a picture attached of a black woman with multiple piercings and think “unprofessional” and toss it. Where as if the picture wasn’t attached, she may have passed that same resume onto Ken, manager of the department that the position is in, who knows his people tend to have multiple piercings/show up in T-shirts and jeans, and he would have interviewed Kate and been like “yeah, she knows her stuff and she’d fit right in with my team. I think I’ll put her in the desk next to Sam, they seem like their personalities will mesh well.”

Do you still see discrimination based on appearance at the interview stage? Yes; but it’s a lot harder to prove in discrimination cases which is why the line is drawn where it is.

I've been finding a lot of job postings that ask me for a photo lately, which is uncool of them.

So I made an image which lets me bypass their demand. I don't care if I get that particular job, I just want to shame the HR goons who thought the photo requirement was a good idea.

Note: this only applies in the USA.

[trendynewsnow]

The Political Battle for Little Saigon: Michelle Steel vs. Derek Tran

The Political Battle for Little Saigon Representative Michelle Steel is engaged in one of the most challenging political contests of her career, as she navigates a crucial swing district in Orange County, California. In this vibrant region, where Vietnamese American voters wield significant influence, Little Saigon has emerged as the epicenter of her campaign. Ms. Steel, a two-term Republican…

[405blazeitt]

it's a little ... that the moment shingo turned 18 they had him doing all sorts of shirtless and nude roles, but it's also very funny that his first ever lead role in a tv drama was one where he had to run around naked in every episode, so they have no choice but to talk about that and show clips from it every time a show summarizes his acting career

[ordinaryfailure]

From you and Mom, I learned that love was not about exchanging proclamations of feelings for one another, but the ability to live through pain—war, underpaid work, predatory loans, working-class jobs—to protect your family. In lieu of “I love you,” I learned there was always dinner. You and Mom always provided a four-course dinner consisting of rice, a clear broth soup, a meat, and a sautéed vegetable. We were short on money, but never short on food. Rather than verbal discussions, I could always depend on you picking me up from school activities well past midnight or mom appearing on the sidelines of a basketball game after her rotation of work and school. You were always there on time with a weary expression. Now I know how powerful that was because there are people who say “I love you” and never show up.

Jennifer Thuy Vi Nguyen, “The Shapes of Silence�� (2019)

[washedupslapper]

The thing that really makes me feel separated from my Vietnamese heritage isn’t that I don’t speak the language fluently, or that I grew up under and internalised white supremacy, or that I’m queer. It’s that I don’t like EDM.