tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8888833577333209721.post6659009542668933145..comments2024-01-17T02:19:08.690-06:00Comments on Hnub Tshiab: Hmong Women Achieving Together: Selling Out?HWAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753287711012488696noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8888833577333209721.post-69075636989502431492011-11-13T08:16:13.691-06:002011-11-13T08:16:13.691-06:00Interesting and though provoking.
I don't t...Interesting and though provoking. <br /><br />I don't think that the question is truly about selling out or not selling out, feminist or not, are you Hmong enough but rather, how do we live successfully as bicultural individuals (both Hmong and American)? <br /><br />This requires that we negotiate who we are and how we want live our lives. I think there is no one right way. In fact there are many strategies in living as bicultural individuals and only we can determine the best strategy for us given our situation. Some time this requires us to be more radical (refusing to serve drinks) and other times it requires us to work within the system (serving drinks). We shouldn't tear each other a part. Rather, we should be learning from each other about how to be successful Hmong women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8888833577333209721.post-83836813642955683432011-08-08T16:45:27.247-05:002011-08-08T16:45:27.247-05:00To last post: I'm sorry you've had bad exp...To last post: I'm sorry you've had bad experiences with serving drinks. I can see where that comes from because I have friends who have had similar experiences. Since owning my own home now, I pride myself in the fact that I am thoughtful and hospitable and always try to offer my guests drinks (whether they are male or female). I only have one child (a daughter) and also try to teach her to be hospitable to guests in our home. I don't think of it as putting her on display but more as showing her how to be a good hostess. It's just a different way of looking at things. I get really thirsty and always appreciate it when others offer me a drink in their home (whether it comes from the husband, the wife, or the child).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8888833577333209721.post-89457977122742680302011-08-04T12:31:45.004-05:002011-08-04T12:31:45.004-05:00Great post. I am all for feminism and equality amo...Great post. I am all for feminism and equality among each other but I find that serving "guests" drinks is so stupid. I mean as a Hmong daughter, my parents always told me to bring the guest drinks and I did so obediently but now, I just hate that people say we have to serve the guest to appear lady-like and because the old, perverted men want to see us young women serve them. I'm like what in the world! I think that's why I don't want to serve some "guest" in particular because they'll be looking at my breasts and checking me out. I know they will because they already do that at the New Year's. So disappointing in this culture. So misygonist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com