In his article “Transnational Migration and the Globalization of Grassroots Politics” Michael P. Smith discusses how transnational migration is expanding in multiple levels including politics and economy. Utilizing a transnational perspective, Smith examines how trans-migrants, including refugees and exiles, affect the communities they come from and then how these migrants are trying to reterritorialize their homeland. This relates to the documentary we watched during lecture which focused on the Vietnamese community in Orange County. This exemplifies how communities who were displaced and or felt loss of a home come together for a common cause and protest because their connection with the homeland is strong. I continue to see this concept in which minority communities here at Davis often congregate and fight for a specific cause in their country of origin. How do these trans-migrant communities retain their ethnic identity and is there a difference between the generations of migrants?
Smith, Michael Peter. “Can You Imagine? Transnational Migration and the Globalization of Grassroots Politics.” Social Text, No. 39 (Summer 1994), pp. 15-33. Print.
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