He says, "my loss in body weight, however, I cannot hide. It shows itself as a forlorn expression on my face, one that my Madame and Madame have yet to notice" (Truong 138). They should have been more compassionate about him. Maybe offer him some checkups with the doctor. Another idea could have been allowing him an extra day off or even hiring someone to help him out. With time all of us began to age, certainly they know that and should take that into consideration. In Monique Truong's interview she talks about the thin line between labor and exploitation. She refers to the relationship between chefs and their workers. Most of these workers are undocumented. They aren't allowed to have citizenship or health insurance. These are things that the consumer doesn't think about, when they go and eat at restaurants. Just like the example Truong mentioned workers are being exploited by not being able to have health insurance. They have it, so why are their workers being excluded from it? This abuse is because of him being an immigrant in France from Vietnam. His French language skills are very poor. His communication with his bosses isn't the best. They know English and French, but very little Vietnamese. No one deserves to be discriminated based on their language skills. With time one can learn, and that individual will be even worth for more than one person. It's interesting that GertrudeStein and Miss. Toklas saw Binh as "different" and less than them, but to the farmers the "different" one were them. Binh said, "What you probably do not know, GertrudeStein, is that in Bilignin you and Miss Toklas are the only circus act in town. And me, I am the asiatique, the sideshow freak" (Truong 142). He continues to talk about their masculine demeanors, which is why the farmers feel this way towards
He says, "my loss in body weight, however, I cannot hide. It shows itself as a forlorn expression on my face, one that my Madame and Madame have yet to notice" (Truong 138). They should have been more compassionate about him. Maybe offer him some checkups with the doctor. Another idea could have been allowing him an extra day off or even hiring someone to help him out. With time all of us began to age, certainly they know that and should take that into consideration. In Monique Truong's interview she talks about the thin line between labor and exploitation. She refers to the relationship between chefs and their workers. Most of these workers are undocumented. They aren't allowed to have citizenship or health insurance. These are things that the consumer doesn't think about, when they go and eat at restaurants. Just like the example Truong mentioned workers are being exploited by not being able to have health insurance. They have it, so why are their workers being excluded from it? This abuse is because of him being an immigrant in France from Vietnam. His French language skills are very poor. His communication with his bosses isn't the best. They know English and French, but very little Vietnamese. No one deserves to be discriminated based on their language skills. With time one can learn, and that individual will be even worth for more than one person. It's interesting that GertrudeStein and Miss. Toklas saw Binh as "different" and less than them, but to the farmers the "different" one were them. Binh said, "What you probably do not know, GertrudeStein, is that in Bilignin you and Miss Toklas are the only circus act in town. And me, I am the asiatique, the sideshow freak" (Truong 142). He continues to talk about their masculine demeanors, which is why the farmers feel this way towards