Hmong people

American healthcare delivery system is more western, medical and scientific while the Hmong family is more old, traditional, and tales. While the American healthcare believes in medication, medical exam and lab tests, the Hmong family, on the other hand, believe in the herb, ceremonial sacrifices, and shamans. Both cultures clashes in numerous ways but the significant one was the choice of treatment for lia. The Hmong family believed in their traditions ways such sacrificing animals to the gods,…

inhumanity to man. The movie depicts realities for a variety of people and brings out truths that we are still faced with and forced to find ways to reconcile peacefully, or continue to experience worse consequences. This movie does express some hope for barriers to be absolved. I hope that somewhere, this resembles someone’s true story. Of the several cultural conflicts, the one scene that sticks out is Walt’s accepting the invitation to the Hmong barbeque next door was a demonstration of…

Introduction: The film Gran Torino (2008), directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski tells the story of a racist war veteran whose cold and bitter heart is thawed through his interactions with his Hmong neighbors by using classic film technique to explore the importance of family. This inspires a great change in the way he treated them, his own family and even himself. Eastwood uses the beginning and ending to highlight this change through symbolism, camera angles and dialogue.…

differences in belief systems" (Fadiman, A). One example that comes to mind in the recent decades is the confrontation between the Lee family and a public hospital in Merced, California, where Hmong child Lia Lee was diagnosed with epilepsy and then became collateral damage in a cultural clash between Hmong holistic/spiritual medicine and Western medicine. Within the span of a few years, the Lee family were offered little to no support…

Lao, and Hmong Americans reside in California (as cited by U.S. Census, 2010). Social workers must be culturally competent to service the needs of all clients in the Hmong community. Through the use of multicultural counseling, social workers will be able to build rapport with clients and their families. After the rapport is established, social workers will then be able to implement and promote services for the Hmong community. This paper will be discussing different factors as to why Hmong do…

My Cultural Group and Family History Hmong soldiers help fought in the secret war against the Pathet Lao after being recruited by the United States CIA. Thus, after the United States withdrew from the war, thousands of Hmong were killed by the Pathet Lao or were forced to abandon their homes, lands, and livestock in Laos and fled to the refugee camps in Thailand. Ultimately, this resulted in the immigration of Hmong settling down in the United States in the late 1970s through 2007 in waves.…

Since 1975 the Hmong have experienced and accomplished many milestones in the United States. Previously in Laos there was a secret war which was a part of the Vietnam War and the Cold War. This secret war was the reason that about half of the Hmong of Laos became refugees and resettled in the United States of America. “Many Hmong who had formerly been allies of the Unite States and supporters of the Royal Lao Government become targets of postwar mistrust, retaliation, and retribution by the…

citizens did not feel free and they attempted to leave. Example, no-one could practise their own religions and cultures. Some of the Southerners were sent to “Re-education Camp,” due to not following the communist rules. Approximately two million people were sent to camps. The Vietnamese refugees weren’t allowed to leave legally, but they did to Australia. Reasons why they were allowed to seek refuge in Australia was due to a contract Australia had signed with the United Nations in addition to…

In this paper, I will reflect my experience of attending the Saint Paul City Council meeting. I will share on how awards and grants by Saint Paul City Councils approve projects, programs, and strategies to improve the capital in Saint Paul. In addition, I will go into details of the City of Saint Paul source of funding to provide awards and grants to proposals made by the City of Saint Paul residents. I then will discuss a proposal that was discussed by the proposer and the Saint Paul City…

You and You Fall Down” is one of the many cases that exemplify the barriers and obstacles people from distinct cultures encounter due to their ethnocentrism and lack of cultural relativism. After escaping to the U.S., a place completely different from what they called home, the Lees had to adapt and place their trust on strangers (to save their daughter) who viewed a condition with spiritual origin to the Hmong as a neurological disorder that had to be stopped rather than controlled. As a…