The Storyteller | be/longing: Asian Americans Now

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WNET Exploring Hate Viet Thanh Nguyen The Sympathizer be/longing Asian Americans AAPI Vietnamese Vietnam Vietnam War Literature Pulitzer Prize AAPI Heritage Month Refugees Southeast Asians Asian Americans Pacific Islanders war refugees Vietnamese refugees oceanic refugees boat people Asian Americans Vietnamese Americans Vietnamese Diaspora refugee experience refugee narratives refugee stories full episode American foreign relations American foreign policy foreign relations foreign policy Cold War Asia
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English-Language Arts History-Social Science
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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The Storyteller | be/longing: Asian Americans Now

Việt Thanh Nguyễn came to the United States as a Vietnamese refugee when he was 4  years old. Today Nguyễn is a college professor and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer. In this Exploring Hate episode, he discusses displacement, the resilience of the refugee, and why telling stories is not only a craft but a mission. In this educational resource, students research Vietnamese refugees and discuss the power of storytelling. This resource also includes an activity on collecting a family or community story.
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