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Title: Oral History of Hieu Nhu Nguyen
Creator: Nguyen, Hieu Nhu
Contributor: Ho, Kelley Thu
Date Created and/or Issued: 2019-02-15
Contributing Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive
Collection: Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History project
Rights Information: Copyrighted
This material is provided for private study, scholarship, or research. Transmission or reproduction of any material protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Contact the University of California, Irvine Libraries, Special Collections and Archives for more information (spcoll@uci.edu).
Description: Scope/Content: The name of my narrator is Hieu Nhu Nguyen. He was born on September 25, 1984, in Hue, Vietnam. To come to America, his family had to move to Saigon to process paperwork. Then they moved to the Philippines and lived there for almost a year before moving to America in 1993. Hieu went to high school at Santiago High in Garden Grove, CA. He graduated from UC Irvine with a degree in Psychology. Hieu talked to me about his family life, his coming out story, and his connection with Viet Rainbow of Orange County. Hieu has six sisters, one brother, a mother, and a father. He met his current partner in 2011, and they have been together for eight years. Hieu currently lives in Garden Grove, and he is working as a licensed social worker. He is also a part of the Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team and has a private practice serving patients within the LGBTQIA+ community. In addition to this, he is also chair of the nonprofit Viet Rainbow of Orange County.
Scope/Content: At what point in time can one pinpoint the beginning of Vietnamese America? Does it begin with the Fall of Saigon? Does it begin with the creation of Little Saigons throughout America? In looking to define Vietnamese American experiences, do we limit what it has been and what it could be? Whatever the entry point, experiences of Vietnamese Americans are inextricably tangled with the political, economic, and social structures of racial, class, and gender hierarchy in the United States and notions of authenticity and nationalism. Thus, to begin learning what the Vietnamese American experience entails, is to also begin unlearning. This course seeks to understand, unravel and complicate what Vietnamese America is through a critical refugee and critical race lens. By analyzing various issues, we are able to see how Vietnamese Americans are affected by larger societal forces such as capitalism and imperialism. This course aims to: 1. To introduce the student to the history, culture, and contemporary experiences of Vietnamese Americans, highlighting how power and privilege entangles them all together. 2. Expand current discourse around social issues that affect Vietnamese Americans by using both scientific literature, creative works and scholarly articles. 3. Expose students to the multitude of historical, contemporary and local Vietnamese American narratives, taking advantage of the proximity to one of the largest Little Saigons.
Scope/Content: A selfie of Hieu Nguyen and Kelly Ho before the interview, photographer Kelly Ho, 2019.
Type: sound
Format: 2 mp3 audio files; 2 pdf transcriptions English; 1 pdf life map; 1 pdf time log; 2 jpg image files
Extent: 01: 25: 34
Identifier: ark:/81235/d8x55x
VAOHP0358
http://hdl.handle.net/10575/14617
Language: English
en
Subject: Queer | Activism | Civil Rights | Community service | Demonstration | Discrimination | English as a second language (ESL) | High school | Higher education | Interracial relationship | Medical professional | Newspaper | Refugee Camp (Philippines) | Protests | Social worker | Sponsorship | Tet Festival | Student | University of California, Irvine (UCI) | Garden Grove, California | Huế, Vietnam | Saigon, Vietnam
Time Period: 1980-1989
Relation: Vietnamese American Experience Class Oral Histories, 2019 Winter

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