However, I don't believe a Hmong homeland is going to get them out of the abject poverty they are trapped in. I can do more for them than the resistance once I establish myself. All the mystique and glory of a Hmong country is not going to happen. Our leaders deserted us in Laos. Again and again they have betrayed us, so I have no reason to trust them or believe in their capabilities.
History repeats itself and power corrupts.
There could very well be a separation of classes between those who lived in the U.S. and spoke English and those who don't. Already I see a separation in high school between ESL and mainstream students. I have also seen how the more gullible and less educated Hmong people have been manipulated by those they revered and looked up to. I am asking the Hmong people, especially our leaders, to reexamine their values. I am not saying that we should totally forsake our relatives in Laos and Thailand.