Title: Vietnamese Americans
Description: Through candid interviews with first- and second-generation Vietnamese Americans, this program documents the process of assimilation into American culture of refugees from the former Republic of Vietnam. Topics includes stresses on the family unit caused by cultural and generational differences, gang membership and drug abuse among the young, anti-Vietnamese racial bias, and feelings about relations between the U.S. and Vietnam.
Subjects: Vietnamese Americans, Biography, Interviews, Social conditions, Cultural assimilation, Vietnamese American families, Vietnamese American youth, Attitudes, Political refugees, Conflict of generations, Americanization, Emigration and immigration, History
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century