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Abstract
The Fall of Saigon in 1975 ended the Vietnam War and prompted the first large-scale wave of immigration from Vietnam to North America. This is where a new generation was born—a generation that would attempt to combine a deep history of Vietnamese culture and tradition with a new national identity. Thirty years later, many Vietnamese families still face conflict on a daily basis in trying to reconcile two different cultures when asked a question as simple as, “What’s your name?” This moral conversation will explore Kim’s 1981 model of Asian American Identity Development through the personal narratives of a Vietnamese American and a Vietnamese Canadian as they dissect the constant struggle between the dual identities present in their names.
Recommended Citation
Valencia, I. G., & Childs, S. M. (2008). Nuestros Dias de Desarrollo: Days Unfolding. The Vermont Connection, 29(1). https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/tvc/vol29/iss1/11