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Five: The Hmong Student Association
There are not many educated Hmong
role models in America to help guide the Hmong American students (Yeng Yang
118). The Hmong community is a minority
group that is usually unaware of, so it is hard for the Hmong students to talk
to someone who will understand their culture and support them. They might find their culture and language
not important as they go through college if they cannot relate to other
students. Some Universities in America
such as East Carolina University includes a Hmong Student Association; which
consist of Hmong-American College students, who together as a group promote
Hmong awareness and support each other. (The Hmong Identity).
As a member of the Hmong Student
Association, I participated in the Hmong Cultural Awareness show, where we
presented our history, culture, and traditional Hmong clothes. When preparing for the show, I realized I did
not know as much about the Hmong people, as I thought I did, such as the red
hat is a traditional piece to my Hmong outfit that symbolizes the Xieng Khouang
Province, the region that my parents came from (The Hmong Identity). It is essential that the Hmong Students
Association is not only promoting Hmong awareness, but they are preserving
culture as well by being role models to the Hmong-Americans who are confused
with their cultural identity.
The Hmong-Americans keeping the Hmong
culture and language alive helps them create a sense of strong identity (Yang,
Yeng 118). The Hmong Student Association
supports Hmong students who are confused about their culture and language. With the Hmong Student Association, role
models will be rising and together they will have to power to preserve the
Hmong culture.
“The
Hmong Idenity.” Hmong Student Association.
Inner Pirate Network. Inner
Pirate Administration. 2012. Web. 19
March 2012. < http://innerpirate.ecu.edu/events/the-hmong-identity>
Yang,
Yeng. “Focus Group Summary of the Hmong
Student Association”. Journal of
Southeast. Asian American Education and Advancement, 2011, Volume 6. Pg.
117-118. Web. 19 March 2012. < http://jsaaea.coehd.utsa.edu/index.php/JSAAEA/article/view/124/99>
http://innerpirate.ecu.edu/events/the-hmong-identity
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