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| CONTEMPORARY ISSUES Understanding Former General Vang Pao's Scheme and Hmong Community Reactions 06/11/2007 The following content gathers different sources of information that I hope, will help Hmong people and media to better capture the political and historical context that enlightens the arrest of former general Vang Pao and several people, and reaction of a fraction of people --the political party called "Neo Hom" pro Vang Pao-- in the US. Questions Why did such an event take place in America when everyone knows that any acts of potential terrorism --detectable by important purchasing of guns-- will be investigated? Why has the Hmong community such an organized demonstration for peace in sight of saving the former general? Why does a fraction of people publicly call Vang Pao "king"? In the social structure, there is no king whatsoever, only clans and a patriarchal "democratic" system. How could one do to overcome the confusion between law and politics? What to do to make the Hmong understand and perceive themselves not as a compact group sharing the destiny of Vang Pao, but as only individuals responsible for their acts? What to do in order for the media not to put the ethnic group behind one man's or one political party's action, but to talk about people as individuals, e.g. not to stigmatize the whole Hmong community whereas it's concerned only a fraction? What to do for the Neo Hom which advocates to avoid legal pursuit against Vang Pao, to be responsible of the engaged action instead of holding a speech in which they want to reflect the whole Hmong ethnic group, thus putting the ethnic group image at stake? TIMELINE OF THE EVENT see the article by Don Thompson MYTHICAL EXPLANATION Read the brief discussion on the need of a King, a Lang, and a writing system. Why did Shao not return to Hmong people? Vang Pao, the leader of the Hmong, stateless people whose identity is not attach to a land or country but to the leaders, social kinship, culture, and language. POLITICAL BACKGROUNDS Extortionist Laotian general left alone for too long, by ROYAL CALKINS, Article Last Updated: 06/10/2007 01:54:16 AM PDT "When we heard that the general and his allies were living off collections from the refugees, we sent our own translators when he came to town. He wasn't telling the people to learn English. He was telling them to keep their old ways and stay on welfare. He said, accurately enough, that they had earned the help by helping the U.S. military. Vang Pao told the crowd that someday soon they would return to Laos. That's when they cheered. Leaders in the highly hierarchical Hmong society knew that if the people assimilated, they'd stop dreaming of home. If they stopped dreaming, they'd stop paying. Despite the 1989 series and various official inquiries, Vang Pao and cronies continued requiring Hmong families to tithe. If they didn't, they'd lose access to social services and to colorful certificates proclaiming their right to return to Laos. The Hmong have struggled mightily and it's partly because of Vang Pao's scheme. Most have remained tethered to welfare. A 2005 study found that more than half of California's Hmong population lives in poverty and is faring significantly worse than all other Southeast Asian refugee groups." http://www.montereyherald.com:80/commentary/ci_6107722 NEWS ANALYSIS: Alleged Plot By U.S. Hmong Leaders: Does It Stem from Indifference by the Global Community to Act On Genocide In Laos? By David M. Kinchen, Editor, Huntington News Network, June 8, 2007. "We are deeply shocked, that our leader VP, and other prominent figures from the California-based Hmong community - disturbed by the plights of our people back home decided to take matters in their own hands, which led to their recent arrests, said Lia Vang, from Minnesota. "It is terrible that after promoting peaceful resolutions they would feel so helpless by the indifference by the UN, US and other nations of the world-- that they would resort to violence." http://www.huntingtonnews.net/columns/070608-kinchen-columnhmong.html MOVIE SUPPORTING THE THESE OF REACTION TO GENOCIDE (very sensitive reportage with impossible scenes to watch, suv-titled in English) Click here HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES see Alfred Mac Coy, Historian see Ly Gary Yia, Anthropologist GLOBAL IMPACT ON THE HMONG COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD Since Tuesday 5th June 2007, there have been several hundred articles published in Southeast Asia and America on this event. The impact on the Hmong image is at stake. Outside community may percieved the Hmong community as a whole behind bars with general Vang Pao: see all the published articles: treat of articles in the West or posting in Vientiane Times Fear of the Hmong to lose credibility and business support from the Mainstream society because of stereotypes and stigmas: see treat in soc.culture.hmong Potential impact on the deportation process of the recent refugees in Thailand to Laos: BANGKOK (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Monday it was "deeply concerned about Thailand's deportation of 163 ethnic Hmong to communist-ruled Laos, where U.S.-based Hmong exile groups say they face persecution and torture. Hmong groups are linking this weekend's deportation to the recent arrest in California of former guerrilla leader VangPao, 77, who led his people in an anti-communist jungle army trained by the Central Intelligence Agency during the Vietnam War. Thai deportation raises fears for 8,000 Hmong", June 11, 2007 http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/06/11/thai_ deportation_raises_fears_for_8000_hmong/ Potential reprimand and freedom at stake among the Hmong sympathizer for Vang Pao in Laos VANG PAO BACKGROUND Vang Pao in Wikipia SOURCES OF INFORMATION Fresno radio 12.10 AM Forum of discussion: SOC.CULTURE.HMONG Forum of discussion: LAOS-SOLIDARITé |
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| TOPICS OF 2007 January Tseem tsis tau hlub tag Un amour inachevé An Unfinished Love Tus poj niam txiav plaub hau uas kho kho siab La coiffeuse langoureuse The languorous Hairdresser February 3 lub kub toj xub kev sib daj sib deev Les trois perles faisant face à l'infidélité The 3 Pearls Facing Unfaithfulness June Vim li cas NaisPhoo Vaj Pov raug mus nkuaj thiab Hmoob sawv pab thuab? Comprendre le projet politique General Vang Pao et les réaction de la community hmong Understanding Former General Vang Pao's Scheme and Hmong Community Reactions July: Guest Writer: Malie Siong LajZim thiab MasLias Txoj Kev Sib Hlub Hauv Nruab Siab L'amour secret de Lazi et Malia The Secret Love of Lazee and Malia September Guest Writer: Judy Yang Txoj kev yeej ntev, tabsis peb yeej taug mus txog Asmeslivkas teb La voyage fut long, mais nous sommes quand nous sommes enfin en Amérique The journey seemed long, but we made it to America. Guest Writer: May Zoua Hang Dab Neeg Qhia Lub Hauv Paus Pib Ua Neeb Thiab Kev Siv Tsiaj Thiab Cuaj Yeej Ua Neeb Mythe d e l'origine du chamanisme hmong et les usages du sacrifice des animaux et les fonctions des instruments du chaman Myth of the Origin of Hmong Shamanism and Healing Uses of Animals for Sacrifice and Functions of Shaman's Tools December Part I: Nws tus hluas nkauj raug deev Le coeur trompé The Heart Is Hurt. Part II Tus txiv neej uas xav tau ib tug tub L'homme qui désire un fils The man who desires a son Ib tug poj ntsuam muaj 60 xyoo tus nqi taub hau. The prix de fiancée d'une veuve de 60 ans. The Bride Price of a 60-Year Old Widow. |