http://www.metafilter.com/tags/southeastasians Posts tagged with 'southeastasians' at MetaFilter. Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:52:15 -0800 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:52:15 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/40793/Southeast%2DAsian%2Drefugees <a href="http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/sea/seaexhibit/firstpage.html">Southeast Asian refugees,</a> like other immigrant populations, have had a mix of experiences and successes since they began arriving in the U.S. in the 1970s. Among the refugees, two groups, the <a href="http://www.iumien.com">Mien</a> and the <a href="http://www.hmongstudies.org/">Hmong</a>, tribes who <a href="http://www.laohumrights.org/2000data.html">populate the mountains of Laos and Thailand</a>, fled when the Communists took over. Today, some Mien, also known to some Asians as the Yao, continue to live in <a href="http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/minority/minority.html">China, where they are a recognized minority group</a> and elsewhere. Large numbers of the <a href="http://mienh.net/history/history.html"> Mien people</a> have settled in Portland, Ore., and California, and appear to be doing pretty well. The <a href="http://www.laohumrights.org/2000data.html">Hmong</a> settled primarily in Minneapolis and St. Paul because their military leader, <a href="http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/04/30_williamsb_hmongconflict/">Gen. Vang Pao</a> settled there. You may have read about the <a href="http://wcco.com/localnews/local_story_347143211.html"> Hmong man who killed six white hunters</a>, claiming racial animosity, but before that occurred, the Hmong themselves have experienced <a href="http://www.jefflindsay.com/Hmong_tragedy.html">one tragedy</a> after <a href="http://www.unrefugees.org/archives.cfm?ID=2044&cat=Archives"> another.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.40793 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:52:15 -0800 hmong mien minneapolis refugees southeastasians stpaul etaoin