anthropology interview
Name: Anh Thy Vu
Date: Sep/16/2014
Anthropology 115
Global Flow (Part 2)
Immigration is a hot topic nowadays. There are a lot of people come from different places in the world with the hope for a better life. The United Stated is one of the most developed countries, the melting pot, where everyone wishes to live including my family as well. It is always a precious time whenever you have a chance to talk or interview with the immigrated people. I am really lucky to get an opportunity to interview my uncle who immigrated to America for about twenty years ago.
My uncle is the oldest son in his family. His name is Long Do and he is forty years old. He is a businessman and he owns the liquor store. Mr. Long is a successful person in the family that everyone in the family admires him. He was born in Vietnam so he is Vietnamese. Mr. Long came to America when he was twenty-one years old. His major was Business Administration and he went to De Anza College. He came to Northern California with his family and his siblings. His family and he was the first one that came to the United State. The reason they came here because they didn’t want to live in Vietnam because the life over there was hard and deficient of all necessities. My uncle’s father who is my grand father had to work for extremely hard and got poorly paid. His parents, my grandparents, decided to come here so that my uncle and his siblings could have a better life, better education to archive their goals easier. According to what my uncle said, “ It was a difficult and tough time when I first come here, I didn’t know any English and it was very hard for me to communicate with other people.” Also he shared that he had to help his parents take care all the paperwork and take after his younger siblings since his siblings were very young back then. So he was the only one who was mature and knowledgeable enough to take care of the whole family.
I can see that language is his first challenge that he has
Date: Sep/16/2014
Anthropology 115
Global Flow (Part 2)
Immigration is a hot topic nowadays. There are a lot of people come from different places in the world with the hope for a better life. The United Stated is one of the most developed countries, the melting pot, where everyone wishes to live including my family as well. It is always a precious time whenever you have a chance to talk or interview with the immigrated people. I am really lucky to get an opportunity to interview my uncle who immigrated to America for about twenty years ago.
My uncle is the oldest son in his family. His name is Long Do and he is forty years old. He is a businessman and he owns the liquor store. Mr. Long is a successful person in the family that everyone in the family admires him. He was born in Vietnam so he is Vietnamese. Mr. Long came to America when he was twenty-one years old. His major was Business Administration and he went to De Anza College. He came to Northern California with his family and his siblings. His family and he was the first one that came to the United State. The reason they came here because they didn’t want to live in Vietnam because the life over there was hard and deficient of all necessities. My uncle’s father who is my grand father had to work for extremely hard and got poorly paid. His parents, my grandparents, decided to come here so that my uncle and his siblings could have a better life, better education to archive their goals easier. According to what my uncle said, “ It was a difficult and tough time when I first come here, I didn’t know any English and it was very hard for me to communicate with other people.” Also he shared that he had to help his parents take care all the paperwork and take after his younger siblings since his siblings were very young back then. So he was the only one who was mature and knowledgeable enough to take care of the whole family.
I can see that language is his first challenge that he has