“40, 50 years ago, Americans - the majority of Americans did not want to accept these Vietnamese refugees who they saw as completely foreign. Now there are new foreigners - Syrians and other people from the Middle East, people of Muslim backgrounds. And the sense among many Americans is, well, these people are completely different from us, and they're not like the Vietnamese who are much more assimilable. And I think that's very, very doubtful. I think that the majority of these new foreigners, if given the opportunity, will be able to assimilate and deal with American culture.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantYearsWellsDifferentAbleCultureOpportunityGivenDealsAcceptingSawsMiddleYears AgoMajorityEastBackgroundsMiddle EastRefugeeAmerican CultureForeignersDoubtfulVietnameseVietnamese Refugees Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“In the United States, we want to believe we will never become a country of refugees.” WantBelieveCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesRefugee Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“No one wants for their child to become a refugee. It's an awful experience.” WantChildrenAwfulRefugee Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“The refugees are not only going to be a demand on the country's resources, but also the refugees raise the possibility that the countries that they're going to are themselves not as stable as the citizens would like, I think. We're all just one catastrophe away from ending up as a refugee, and we don't want to be reminded of that.” ThinkingWantCountryPossibilityCitizensDemandResourcesRaisesJust OneStableCatastropheRefugee Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
