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Donald Trump Favorability, 2020
Infographic showing Asian American voters’ favorability of Donald Trump in 2020. This survey shows that compared to other Asian American groups, Vietnamese voters respond with a higher favorability to Donald Trump.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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January 6, 2021
Ultraconservative groups take siege of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021. A person prominently carries the flag of South Vietnam (center right).
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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Decades After Clashing With The Klan, A Thriving Vietnamese Community In Texas
An National Public Radio (NPR) Weekend Edition story shares the history and current community formations of Vietnamese resettlement in Texas, offering a lens to view current sentiments toward immigrants.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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“ICEM” Plastic Bag
These plastic bags held chest X-rays, part of the medical screening for tuberculosis that Vietnamese refugees underwent to prove that they were medically-cleared for resettlement, only to then expose themselves to health hazards in nail work.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Tippi Hedren with Graduating Nail Tech Refugee Class
American actress Tippi Hedren (top center) with one of her graduating classes of Vietnamese refugee women learning to become nail technicians.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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First Issue of Người Việt Daily News (Page 1)
The first issue of Người Việt Daily News (c. 1978). The Vietnamese-language newspaper started out of Yến Ngọc Đỗ’s home in Garden Grove, California, near the center of Orange County’s Little Saigon.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Danh’s Pharmacy
Danh’s Pharmacy in Orange County’s Little Saigon (c. 1980s). Before the US and Vietnam normalized trade and diplomatic relations, Vietnamese Americans depended on businesses such as Danh’s Pharmacy to ship care packages to their families in Vietnam.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Van Le in Seadrift Seafood
Van Le (center) and her husband own a seafood business named Seadrift Seafood. Vietnamese refugees drawn to the fishing business resettled along the Gulf Coast of Texas and formed new communities.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Ku Klux Klan Set “Viet-Cong” Boat Ablaze
Louis Beam (right), Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, sets fire to a boat labeled “Viet-Cong” during a rally for white Texas Gulf fisherman in Santa Fe, Texas in 1981.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Little Saigon in Arlington County, Virginia
This 1979 clipping from the Washington Post documents the history of Little Saigon in the Clarendon neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
