In
Michael Peter Smith’s “Can You Imagine? Transnational Migration and the
Globalization of Grassroots Politics”, he talks about how transnational
migration has been expanding through political and economic aspects. Smith
talks about how refugees want to reterritorialize their “lost home” or “homeland”.
This section reminds me of when we watched the movie “Saigon U.S.A.” in class
this past week. The Vietnamese population is huge in the Westminster, Orange
County area. In the movie, there were many scenes where the Vietnamese
community would come together and protest because many of them still felt
connected to Vietnam even though they were forced to leave the country. The
Vietnamese people in Westminster wanted and still wants to “reterritorialize their
homeland” through Little Saigon because they feel at home in that area. What I
found interesting was that my roommate is from the OC area, and she told me
that there are still protests going on even today, usually on the weekends. This
shows that no matter how old one is or how many years it has been, one will
continue to fight for their rights and for what they believe in, as long as
they still hold that strong feeling of attachment.
Question: What drives the community to continue to
protest even after decades have past? If there were no drive, would the
community continue what their ancestors have done in the past?
Work Cited:
Smith, Michael Peter. 1994. “Can You Imagine? Transnational Migration and the Globalization of Grassroots Politics.” Social Text, No. 39 (Summer, 1994), pp. 15-33.
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