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Academic Papers Nguyen Kieu An sociology War

Narratives of a South Vietnamese Father and a Laotian Mother: On Memories of War and Transnational Perspectives of Life 

South Vietnamese refugees in boats approach a U.S. war ship to seek refuge from the invading force from the North April 1975 in the South China Sea near Saigon. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/Getty Images)

Vietnam war has been one of the most destructive wars in history. Yet, “so much is told about Vietnam, and so little is understood” amid a “skipping over” of the Vietnam War through an organized and strategic forgetting of a war that “went wrong”  by America’s self-appointed role as liberators.

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Academic Papers Jnifar Gillur Yumi

The Fight Surrounding Immigration Policies at Home

Jnifar Gillur Yumi describes current refugee policy in Germany and explores what role differential inclusion plays in society and what hinders the goals of integration projects.