VSA: Being Vietnamese Together - pt. 1

WATCH PART 2 HERE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok8OtoSx1UY

Short documentary (I guess that's what you'd call this) on being in the Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) and the Union of Vietnamese Student Associations (UVSA); what it's like, what we do, and why we're in it.

Made for ASAM200 Asian American Inter-ethnic Relations's Youtube project. Supposed to be 5-10 minutes long, but I just could not cut any more, partially due to my participants and their great responses.

Special thanks to:
Jennifer Nguyen
Michelle Trang Nguyen
Tam Nguyen
Denise Tran
Huy Tran

Category:

Education

Tags:

• VSA
• Vietnamese
• Student
• Association
• UVSA
• Union
• ASAM
• ASAM200
• Prof. B. Kim
• CSULB
• Asian
• American
• Studies
• Youtube Project
• Culture

[aLexander4o8]

We are such a young race here with a very shaky history..I think that some of our parents now have a struggle with english as some of us do with Vietnamese and because of that our parents are not able to do for us as they wish they could. But now i see a new generation of Vietnamese people where all the children now can speak english and can survive in the states

[aLexander4o8]

and most of all i want to thank you from the bottom of my family's heart for loving our people... =)

[T4VIETNAMcom]

Trong tâm khảm người Việt chưa ai quên được 80 năm dưới chế độ Thực dân Pháp dân tộc ta đã chịu biết bao nhiêu thống khổ dưới gót giày xâm lược. Thực dân tha hồ bắn giết, nhiều làng bị san bằng... Và dưới chế độ độc tài, thế hệ chúng ta đã chịu bao nhiêu điêu linh cay đắng! Sống chết nhờ họa, phúc, bất trắc đọa đày. Đấy là những người cầm quyền cùng nòi giống Việt , nói chi đến chế độ cai trị trực tiếp trăm lần khắc nghiệt của thực dân phương Bắc ... xem thêm tại: T4VIETNAM . com

[MrLuccam]

Are you able to speak ur mother touge?

You are all very cute and pretty, Have u ever been to Vietnam?

[VforViet]

Cool ,guys...Its nice to see young people like u know your true self..RESPECT !!! Bro & Sis

[aLexander4o8]

I KNOW that what you guys and girls are doing with VSA is of such importance and necessity it is also a very beautiful thing. It is such a great step in starting our own history here for our family and to show the world out potential.,, I want to thank you for caring for my little brother and my little sister,, I want to thank you for caring for my grandma and grandpa, I want to thank you for caring for my son and daugther...

[aLexander4o8]

but they dont have their culture and their race dignity..and in turn they don't know who they are

[aLexander4o8]

Now i have grown a little older and become a littler smarter I have started to have develop more pride in being Vietnamese and I have started to identify with being Vietnamese and I have never been more confident with myself..