Overseas Vietnamese

On January 19, 1913, Richard Milhous Nixon was born into a Quaker home in Yorba Linda, California (Aronson 8). He attended East Whittier High School and joined the debate team, eventually becoming one of the school’s best debaters. His teacher noted that Nixon “had this ability to kind of slide around an argument instead of meeting it head-on” (Barr 12). His senior year, Nixon ran for president of his class. He lost the election, and in his memoirs, he would refer to this as his first political…

flashbacks. “Vietnam was the worst time of my life, yet it was also, in many ways, the most important and most intense” (Van Devanter 14). Van Devanter’s memoir is divided into three sections: before Vietnam, during Vietnam and after her service overseas. Lynda spent most of her life living in a sheltered suburban community. Her first assignment after nursing school was in Southeast Asia. She was a tough minded young woman who was a little unsecure about her appearance but that didn’t stop her…

the 1967 Protocol in 1973 that enlarged the geographical scope of refugee resettlement beyond Europe with the United Nations Refugee Convention.The newly founded encouragement of non european migrants to Australia provided a safe haven for many Vietnamese escaping the Vietnam War, and millions of Cambodians escaping the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in 1975. Most of these refugees first sought asylum in countries that were close to them but as these countries began to run out of resources,…

The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) is an agreement involving 12 nations in the Pacific Rim. Although not yet ratified, this free-trade agreement (FTA) is a significant and purposeful step in the international cooperation of these 12 nations. It is an extension of the Trans-Pacific Economic Partnership (TPSEP), an agreement among four nations, which involves three of the nations that signed the TPP: Singapore, New Zealand and Brunei. This is the first trade agreement of the 21st…

products. However, other international products merely reflects imported brands from Europe and USA without any specific ethnic relations. We would recommend adding international products that reflect other ethnic such as Korean, Japanese , Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Arab and perhaps South African in their product range. These different foods that resembles different ethnic should be grouped in their own shelves and aisles. This will make it easier for customers to look for a particular ethnic…

Gender Roles in Cultures Why do different cultures establish gender roles and what do gender roles affect? Overtime various cultures have favored a male descendant because of masculinity, therefore, have dwindled the female population within certain cultures. The power of specific gender roles have played a key role in the discrimination of the opposite sex crossing traditional values and gender roles. Specific gender roles have been adopted in cultures and societies to maintain order and…

Dreams have the ability to lift people up. They have the ability to pull people from the darkest and vilest of situations and foster hope. Right now, hope is the only thing Syrians have in this world. Their lives are being torn apart. Weapons, torture and murder are all some Syrian children know, but their parents hope to provide a better life. They hope for a world of peace and opportunities for the future -- they hope for the American Dream. The American Dream has consistently been a goal for…

The big change in the United States government really happened during the Great Depression when the New Deal was introduced by Franklin Roosevelt. After World War 2 the Federal Government stayed with New Deal ideas and kept expanding its size, with social programs and military power. Democrats felt as the government could be used for good and that social programs such as welfare, were the government’s job. Republicans felt as though it wasn’t the government’s job to provide social programs for…

In Crusaders and Pragmatists, Stoessinger mainly compares and contrasts two schools of thought in American foreign policy: the crusader and the pragmatist. Stoessinger defines a crusader as someone “whose hallmark is a missionary zeal to make the world better, but often manages to leave it in worse shape than before” due to their undying belief in their ideas while a pragmatist “refuses to get locked into a losing policy, changing directions without inflicting damage to his self-esteem” and is…

become as worthless as morals and dignity while winning becomes priceless. During World War 2, Hitler savagely murders over 6 million men, women, and children for the price of power. On the other hand, several thousand Americans are forcibly sent overseas to be killed in a pointless, endless war in Vietnam. While on the American front, families are sent to kill one another in a civil, yet gruesome war, for the greater good of the country. And do not forget the dreadful Trail of Tears where…