Episode 21
What does it mean to be a Vietnamese-American woman living in Europe? Listen to Anh-Thu share her stories of growing up and studying in the United States in Virginia, and her experiences of pursuing human rights and law in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Spain.
Recommended sources:
On Charlottesville, Virginia, and Unite the Right Rally, a white supremacist rally that took place on August 11 and 12, 2017
VICE News (HBO), Charlotesville: Race and terror, 2017. [a video on the rally - follows the white supremacists]
Louis P. Nelson and Claudrena N. Harold, Charlottesville 2017: The legacy of race and inequity, 2018. [a compilation of essays written by professors about the events and history of University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and racism]
Ellie Silverman, “Neo-Nazi told leader of group at deadly 2017 Charlottesville rally: ‘We’re all doing it together’,” The Washington Post, November 4, 2021. [an article on the ongoing civil trials of white supremacists who committed crimes at the 2017 rally]
David C. Atkinson, “Charlottesville and the alt-right: a turning point?”, Politics, Groups, and Identities, April 2, 2018. [an academic article that explores 8 central white supremacist concepts and argues for the importance of education and exposure in tackling the alt-right movement]
On the Vietnamese.American womens’ experience
Anh-Thu Vo, “Roots causes of Asian American and Pacific Islander hate crimes during Covid-19”, 2019. [a short paper Anh-Thu wrote for one of her classes on hate crimes against AAPI communities during the Covid-19 pandemic]
Drishti Pillai, Aggie J. Yellow Horse, and Russell Jeung. “The rising tide of violence and discrimination against Asian American and Pacific Islander women and girls.” Stop AAPI Hate, May 20, 2021. [a report outlining the various forms of violence and discrimination AAPI women and girls face in the United States, particularly in light of the Covid-19 pandemic]
Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence, “Statistics on violence against API women,” 2021. [statistics on different types of violence experienced by API women in the United States, divided by ethnicity]
Celine Parreñas Shimizu, The hypersexuality of race: Performing Asian/American women on screen and scene, 2007. [a book that explores how Asian/American women in film, video and theatrical productions have been sexually depicted, and how both actors and spectators of all backgrounds alike can move beyond this depiction]
Linda Trinh Võ, “Vietnamese American trajectories: Dimensions of diaspora,” Amerasia Journal, February 8, 2019. [a special issue article on the Vietnamese-American experience today - it outlines the history of Vietnamese-Americans and their complex connection to Vietnam and the United States]
Connie S. Chan, “Asian-American Women: Psychological responses to sexual exploitation and cultural stereotypes,” Women & Therapy, October 18, 2008. [an academic article that explores the different types of sexual exploitation Asian women experience as a result of historical and cultural factors, and how psychotherapists can best help them]
Others
Ibrahim X. Kendi, “How to be antiracist,” 2019. [a book on how to be antiracist which Anh-Thu refers to in her episode]
