Week 1- Kayla Lor

In their chapter “Asian American Displacement”, Anderson and Lee explain the historical displacement of many different ethnic groups from Asia and the reasoning why these groups had to leave.  Anderson and Lee also define displacement as a separation of people from their native culture through various means, including but not limited to colonization or physical dislocation.  Anderson and Lee also expand this by bringing up the concept of home and how it means, “asserting and negotiating one’s culture and one’s right to a place and space”.  What I find most interesting about this chapter are the narratives of the different groups that have been displaced from Asia, like the Iu-Mien who had came from Southeast Asia which is very much like the narrative of my parents.  

Question: How does one maintain connection back to their homeland, even if they have never been there before?

Works cited:

Anderson and Lee. “Asian American Displacements.” Displacements.

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