478 The Entanglements of Canada's National Identity Building and Vietnamese Canadian Community Conflicts

Ngo, A. (2019). 'The Entanglements of Canada's National Identity Building and Vietnamese Canadian Community Conflicts'. York University (PhD paper). Available at: this link. Accessed: (2021-07-07).

Subjects (Group/Subheading): Canadian Politics (context)/Changing national identity, Canadian Politics (current)/Calling out negationism

One liner: Canadian policy and politics - context

Date Published: 2019-06   Acquired: 2021-07-07

Source (Type/Source/Notes): Publication / York University [Canadian] / PhD paper

Trust: ***

Author: Ngo, Anh

Notes:

Excellent analysis of what Harper was doing to the Vietnamese community in Canada. Written in the academic language of Social work, so not an easy read. The only criticism I have is that she is still living in Harper's "alternate reality" in terms of how there came to be a Vietnamese community in Canada, and the analysis is all done in that context. As a consequence of that she equates "Canada" with "Harper's Canada". In this context she also equates the "yellow flag" political activists with the "older generation", or the "original refugees". This is perhaps a reflection of the fact that certain political elements within the Vietnamese community were spreading Harper's lies long before Harper came along.

I have downgraded the "reliability" rating of this valuable item slightly because of these omissions.

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Item last updated: 2023-09-04