Sentences with phrase «vietnamese boat people»
The Pacific holds the restless memories of Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the plight of Vietnamese boat people on the China Sea.
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When Gallup asked a similar question in 1979 about Vietnamese refugees or «boat people,» nearly 60 percent of Americans (57 %) affirmed that refugees would be welcomed in their community, while 30 % said they would not be.
Here in Oklahoma in the 70 - 80's, large numbers of Vietnamese refugees made it here, some of them «boat people».
His video work examines national identity, often specifically with reference to the displacement experienced by the Vietnamese «boat people».
Returning to Toronto for a weekend, Adelman began wading through six weeks of newspapers and was stunned to see the Vietnamese «boat people» crisis had exploded across the news during his absence.