The Hmong diaspora and the struggle for an identity

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Wong, Bryan K., author

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"During a United Nations (UN) sponsored meeting between non-governmental organizations (NGO) and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination held in February 2012, representatives all...

"During a United Nations (UN) sponsored meeting between non-governmental organizations (NGO) and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination held in February 2012, representatives alluded to continued violence towards the Hmong. The Congress of World Hmong People, a non-profit NGO that advocates Hmong economic, social, and cultural rights, vehemently stressed that massacres and murders of indigenous Hmong are still occurring in the Xaysombun Administrative Zone territory within the Phou Bia Mountains in northern Laos. Poisonous chemical agents had been used against Hmong people, including children, leading to severe health consequences for the population. The goal of those attacks, led by the Laos Army and Vietnamese Military battalions was to wipe out the Hmong in the region completely by 2015. The Hmong people are part of a minority group that has been challenged with significant obstacles within the countries that they have lived. The Hmong have called many places home and can be found in China, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, France, and the United States. During the previous two centuries, the Hmong have faced both oppressive governments and people that have affected their identity. Throughout history, the Hmong have strived for independence, lived in a continuous state of migration, and fought against authorities that threatened their livelihoods."--Abstract.

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