Becoming American Part 4 (Hmong Documentary)

[12563longkhang]

this is sad...we have suffer many years....

[CrazyNative4]

best of luck the the people

[keith2o9]

Wow, groceries seems to be so cheap back then.. wish it was still like that..

[BledaRassmar]

Why didn't they settle the Hmong somewhere warm and agricultural like New Mexico, Texas, or Florida? I wonder if any of them ever moved down South.

[tshavntujtwg]

@BledaRassmar They did in Texas and Florida but some moved after they got settle..

[Gorespammah]

OMG, I'm married to this guy @ 4:30. My son told me about this film since it was shown in his anthropology class at SDSU.

[HistoryHmoobGuy]

BUNCH OF CUTE ASS LITTLE HMONG KIDS

[neejdaisiab]

watching these video, make me want to go back home(Laos). life is much easier there but i know is very different now but the idea of living there is more peaceful

[88specv]

this is so sad to see how hard we had to go through..:(..brings tears to my eyes

[jwahbaus2009523]

where do they live now?

[aliasdoe007]

My dad went straight to work for $4/hr after 2 weeks upon arrival to support our family. I'd start balling in a sea of tears if I say/dwell more into it. Today's Hmong really have no clue. :(

[inoout]

@aliasdoe007 yep.. going around trying to be tae yang and snsd.... it's pathetic

[rocky31peb]

paper food stamps i remember those. i bit these pple dont remember wht they look like anymore. Seattle, used to go there when i live in spokane,wa.

[meng120690]

I wish my family have a tape when we first came too. My family have a 100 time better life in here, but I still miss the old time in ban vai.

[nasvwj]

U. S. A is my country now.

[inoout]

i wish i would've seen this when i was starting hgh school... would've tried hard...

[007johnie]

all that for 11 dollars... wow

[themachinegunn]

$11.63

[wizza1]

this documentary made me laugh, cry, and brings back so much memories of wat it was like when we first came to the u.s.

[2792948]

Hey, that is my uncle.....and i see my dad in here too.....my grandma, mom, aunt, and relatives......

[kengvang530]

i know..my aunt too..the lady in white is my aunt..

[434375]

you can purchase the documentary online, it is worth it to keep for your future children to see and be reminded where their ancestors come from, though the documentary was years ago, some of the stereotypes and stigmas are still very alive

[holdemkingz]

can you give me the website? wow how long has this documentry been available and what year is this documentry in?

[Yoglawm]

9:14... money. money. "is good." They teach us that very early.

Yes, in this country it is all about the money. Without it, you don't eat.

[babishi]

OMG. My dad is the translator :)

watching this is too sad. seeing how hard it was back in the days.

[niamtxiv]

It must be a hard life for the first wave of our people in America. It sadden me that many of our younger generation forgot the hardship our mother and father struggled to survive in the new world.

[Ttvang11]

Exactly. I fully agree with you.

[geniusxkiller]

@niamtxiv Yep these younger generation are spoiled little brats :).

[tshavntujtwg]

@niamtxiv It's the hardest.. I can still remember being in 2nd grade and translating for my parents.. everywhere.. I hate those memories but sometimes I think that that is why it made me who I am today..