Exploring Vietnamese American Identity and Political Affiliation: An Auto-Ethography on Experiences of Loss and Belonging

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Abstract: In this work, I, a second generation Vietnamese American, conduct an auto-ethnography of myself, my mother, and my grandfather on their political beliefs to gather qualitative data on shifting Vietnamese American political attitudes between generations. Through a series of interviews, I aim to determine to what extent Vietnamese American ethnic background has on individual political beliefs, if at all. Ultimately, I have found that it is not ethnic and racial identity that uniformly influence political affiliation; rather, it is the range of experiences in immigration and assimilation that affect said beliefs. I divide my findings into three core themes: the refugee experience, the Americanization experience, and the racial consciousness experience.

Author	Nguyen, Jasmine

DOI	https://doi.org/10.25740/pw806zz8280
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/pw806zz8280

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Preferred citation: Nguyen, J. (2022). Exploring Vietnamese American Identity and Political Affiliation: An Auto-Ethography on Experiences of Loss and Belonging. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/pw806zz8280

Stanford University, Program in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Senior Papers

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