I would imagine not, but I haven’t asked. Her daughter just completed some fancy college down in California, and will be going into med school. Paying for it herself and scholarships.
Her father survived the camps, and he and her mother live in the USA. The other older VN lady at the shop visits Vietnam once in awhile as she has lots of relatives there still. The younger gal that survived the begging has no desire to return.
I live in Orange County, CA. There is a very large Vietnamese Population in Central and Northern O.C.
I shared an office in a Check Processing Facility in the late 80’s, early 90’s. Most of the Employees there were College Aged Vietnamese Kids. They were hard workers, respectful and very nice Kids.
Their Parents came here with nothing, couldn’t speak the Language but they made sure their Children got an Education. Their Families stuck together and did what they needed to do to make their lives better. Everybody worked, even doing the most menial Jobs and within one generation they were thriving and living the American dream.
Now compare that to other segments of our Native Born Population. The whining, the expectation that someone is responsible for their every desire and the empowering a Political Party where everyone is a Victim who trade their Votes for free stuff.
Must be why I get angry when people say “Vote in your own self interest”. Nope, you either Vote in America’s best interest or you Vote to destroy it. The latter seems to be winning.
Thank God I grew up in a time when People loved their Country and appreciated all that being an American Citizen stood for. Sadly, future Generations will have no idea what America’s existence has meant to the World.
Rant off...