A resource for immigrants, refugees and 2nd generation

A resource for immigrants, refugees and 2nd generation

WHAT AM I NOW AFTER DONE WORK

White Canadians

To ‘white Canadians’ I am just kind of ruckus-ing around doing stuff to see how far light can go. Everything goes really to relax and relieve stress. Kind of a Canadian hillbilly who playing around and trying to prove himself he is manly and worth a steak or piece of bubble gum. But really I am stressed because that is the game I have to play to live here. Living back home in Vietnam I want to come back to Canada.

I am deathly afraid of ‘white Canadian people’ and afraid what they really think so I fall and side with them.

There is a limit with white Canadians I don’t cross in friends and relationships.

Too many crazy people in Canada to cross lines with them.

Vietnamese from Vietnam

They are growing now instead of being a tropical paradise.

Not sure what is happening as external needs increase.

Older more mature Vietnamese women say I am just another gook in Vietnam who had to do this anyways. All this programming to improve Vietnam because it was needed at that point.

Made me settled and now I feel some normal again.

Vietnamese from Canada

We are just floating voices with some brains to talk and market, buy and sell something.

In Canada when we go to school. We try to answer teachers questions on a variety of subjects. That is what we do till death. We try.

Vietnamese from USA

California spirit and Texan spirit. Try to market and make something new from the changes.

But ultimately, they find out I am Canadian and am deeply miserable inside because there is still so much work to do on my end. I got to work all day to keep up this.

It is not fun to be Canadian as it is work and snow all day. There is food at least, shelter, coffee and donuts.

I am not allowed to have a ‘fun lifestyle’ if I want to provide.

Vietnamese from the rest of the World

I learned from Vietnamese from Scandinavia and I died inside. 10% pulse.