Oppression
when individuals of a dominant group personally mistreat individuals of targeted/oppressed groups
Interpersonal Oppression
of or from a person’s ancestors, what has been passed down in their traditions, culture, language, items, experiences, oral histories, etc.
Heritage
Her mother is called
Ma
This was the Communist half of the country
North
“self-hate,” when oppressed people internalize the ideology of inferiority
Internalized Oppression
extreme fear of immigrants
Xenophobia
Her father is called
Bo
Year the US pulled its forces out of Vietnam
1973
when the idea that one group is superior to another gets embedded in the institutions of society
Institutional Oppression
a system of social control and the normalization of oppressive ideas and practices that assert dominance over groups of people who don’t fit the image or representations of the dominant group.
Older sister considered dead to the family for running away from home after fighting with Ma about living with a boy (p27)
Bich
This Offensive in 1968 eroded confidence in the US efforts
the Tet Offensive
the creation and maintenance of belief systems based on a belief of superiority
Ideological Oppression
the process of cultural, physiological and economic freedom for Indigenous people to achieve sovereignty,
Decolonization
Her younger brother
Tam
The Vietnam War was a part of a global struggle between USA, China, and Russia over these two economic ideologies
Capitalism (USA) & Communism (China & Russia)
treating someone unfairly or negatively because of their group affiliation (like race, gender, religion, etc.)
Discrimination
the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland
Diaspora
Husband's Name
Travis
The colonizing country that Ho Chi Minh declared independence from in 1945 that was realized in the North in 1954
France