Aoki & Kwon Soo Ah Deporting Cambodian Refugees- Youth Activism, State Reform,

In the film Aoki, I loved how even after everything he’s been through he’s still helping others and making a difference. Aoki did so much to represent his community despite his past experiences. He served for our country and continued to change our country for the better despite how he was treated before and after the war. He was discriminated against in school, which relates to the Laotian article because even before the 90’s previous immigrants were being treated the same as they were recently.  They were treated differently because of their race.

Youth Activism and State Reform

This reading also relates to the Laotian article because they both discuss the same issues. The youth in both instances take action and it started from their grass roots. Both youth activists went up against a higher power who didn’t take them seriously since they were minors, yet they made a huge difference. The way immigrants were treated back then were horrible and it makes me really sad because my mom had just moved to the states in 1993. At the same time I was born these immigrant acts were in place. I can’t even imagine what my family would have gone through if something had happened to my mom at this time. Sure, it’s taken into account each immigrant’s criminal past. It wasn’t fair at all for them to serve time in jail and then having to return to their home country. America is a melting pot, it’s a mix of cultures. Our country stands for opportunity and a mix of culture. Without immigrants we wouldn’t be as diverse as we are today. The only reason people were treated so badly was because they were immigrants. If they were natural born citizens they wouldn’t have been treated differently. It all came down to status and not the kind of people they were. It wasn’t about their most recent actions, which should have been considered because they learned their lesson and did what was asked of them. They did as they were asked and they were still treated even unfairly. My stepdad told me about how he was treated in the 70’s when he first came to the states. He came to this country not knowing much English, and worked hard. He did things the “American Way”, going to school, working, doing everything that was asked of him. He became a hardware engineer. He wasn’t always treated fairly but he overcame that. Now he’s proud enough to say that he made it. I think that’s what’s most important that change has happened.

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