Comments on: The San Jose Little Saigon controversy and its impact on Vietnamese American politics http://www.8asians.com/2008/06/09/san-jose-little-saigon/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:43:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Thomas http://www.8asians.com/2008/06/09/san-jose-little-saigon/comment-page-1/#comment-78326 Thomas Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:14:59 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1362#comment-78326 I walked with my colleagues to Little Saigon to have lunch during the Semicon West 2008 from Moscone. "I'm coming back to San Francisco today I'm coming back to my little Saigon by the Bay". My family and friends are fascinated by the LS gate pictures, not by the SemiCon West show. I feel connected to San Francisco. K30 I walked with my colleagues to Little Saigon to have lunch during the Semicon West 2008 from Moscone.

“I’m coming back to San Francisco today
I’m coming back to my little Saigon by the Bay”.

My family and friends are fascinated by the LS gate pictures, not by the SemiCon West show. I feel connected to San Francisco.

K30

]]> By: silverkris http://www.8asians.com/2008/06/09/san-jose-little-saigon/comment-page-1/#comment-73890 silverkris Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:16:20 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1362#comment-73890 Absolutely. It's the problem of narrowly-focused exile/emigre politics crowding out other issues and the greater political scope. You see this a lot in South Florida with the Cuban Americans trying to "out-anti-Castro" each other and injecting a lot of anti-Communism jingoism into partisan fights when it just really isn't necessary. And it's a big turnoff to other non-Cuban constituencies there. Fortunately, the Cuban American electorate is getting to be a bit more mature - the knee-jerk anti Castroism becomes less and less with 1) the younger voters and 2) the farther away you get from South Florida. I'm hoping that Vietnamese Americans will in time get away from the obsession with exile politics, until then, I sometimes think they're Asian Cubans. Absolutely. It’s the problem of narrowly-focused exile/emigre politics crowding out other issues and the greater political scope. You see this a lot in South Florida with the Cuban Americans trying to “out-anti-Castro” each other and injecting a lot of anti-Communism jingoism into partisan fights when it just really isn’t necessary. And it’s a big turnoff to other non-Cuban constituencies there.

Fortunately, the Cuban American electorate is getting to be a bit more mature – the knee-jerk anti Castroism becomes less and less with 1) the younger voters and 2) the farther away you get from South Florida.

I’m hoping that Vietnamese Americans will in time get away from the obsession with exile politics, until then, I sometimes think they’re Asian Cubans.

]]> By: David Fishsauce http://www.8asians.com/2008/06/09/san-jose-little-saigon/comment-page-1/#comment-73831 David Fishsauce Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:02:46 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1362#comment-73831 Kudos. You make some very good points. From my experience, these protests are organized and attended primarily by the older generation, one that refuses to look over their blinders while desperately clinging to the past. It's unfortunate that the younger generations are either too apathetic or have been brainwashed by their parents. Kudos. You make some very good points. From my experience, these protests are organized and attended primarily by the older generation, one that refuses to look over their blinders while desperately clinging to the past. It’s unfortunate that the younger generations are either too apathetic or have been brainwashed by their parents.

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