I came upon this article and thought it interesting for people to read. How a young generation trying to reconnect with a lost culture having been born in one place but growing up in another, not quite fitting in. The article talks about this one woman who came from Vietnam at a very young age, because her family was trying to escape the communist invasion of the south. To retrace her roots, she must go back to the country her father tried to escape from and she receives backlash from him. Vietnam is "the enemy" for him. The young woman knew of her culture having moved to "little saigon" in Orange County (Westminster....), yet her motherland was a mystery. When she returned, she stayed. It wasn't in the same state that she had left it in. Because of her desire to return, it has allowed her father to get the closure he needed. He no longer hates Vietnam and even took the time to visit her in Hanoi.
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