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shaobohan :
OMG OCEAN VUONG’s ENTIRE CAREER PLEASE
2026-08-12 14:15:39
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Bơ :
now don't flame Ocean Vuong like that 😂😂
2026-08-05 20:00:31
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dayvayd :
The Vietnamese diaspora can romanticize a Vietnam we never actually knew. We grow up hearing our parents stories and inheriting their culture, only to visit and realize Vietnam kept changing while the version they remember stayed frozen in time. And this is still relatively new. The rise of Vietnamese Americans visiting Vietnam to reconnect with their “roots” is often about finally satisfying that curiosity we grew up with in America, wanting to understand where we came from and how much of that place is actually a part of us
2026-08-12 12:34:25
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Aa :
Young people in vnam dont even wear jade necklaces anymore they would call it “quê” like countryside. But young viet Americans would be very proud of their old fashioned jade neckaces. So yes thats a good example
2026-08-10 21:07:35
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🍥 :
This sounds like an identity crisis. To be Vietnamese is to love the revolutionary history of Vietnam and to work on the Vietnamese diaspora learning about it too
2026-07-31 21:38:20
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Hihai :
as a vietnamese american growing up in oc ca. I always wanted to live in asia. im older now living in vietnam, back n forth, and i thought the more I live here the more i would blend in over time but you do not, you become actually more hyper aware that you are vietnamese american. the locals see you as a foreigner and I totally accept my place in history and I am ok with it all.
2026-08-12 12:34:14
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mindoubles :
no because they love vietnamese culture but they keep telling me they dont plan to visit vietnam wtf
2026-08-12 18:48:42
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Sebs || tattoo artist :
I think viet Americans just gotta accept we are viet American lol. We are still diaspora. And I find that we can orientalize ourselves/our culture but it’s still a valid experience. It’s
2026-08-01 04:41:25
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Viv :
i think part of this is many Vietnamese Americans also refuse to engage with the history of Vietnam beyond what they’ve immediately learned from their families. sometimes instead of learning about the complexities, people hold onto symbols (which arent all entirely empty) but romanticization happens when people aren’t holding space for challenging ideas about a certain thing
2026-07-17 10:19:43
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renovatingmyyard :
Vietnamese in Vietnam have evolving style and music. I feel like the aunties and uncles in America are still living in their past traumas, like they’re still stuck with the older version of Vietnam. When I stayed in for a while I was amazed by how much community activities they have for the elders, they were outside stretching, dancing, and working early morning or evenings. Unfortunately the elders in America are more scattered and lonely.
2026-08-01 16:26:29
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Cat :
We doooo get white man weird
2026-08-02 04:53:48
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Caitlin :
I agree with this take. There are hundreds of millions Vietnamese people in Vietnam living the authentic Vietnamese life lol!! Why is there so much pressure on Viet Americans to be as “Vietnamese” as possible. From constantly comparing how good we are at Vietnamese to what kind of foods we cook at home everyday…. In the end I am also an American.
2026-07-31 06:56:13
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whehcnfhjrjfnxndndb :
im so tired of those jade-wearers claiming pho is basic and bbh is better (as if bbh isn’t the next popular dish after pho and banh mi??). eating pho is still uniquely vietnamese. pho is traditionally a breakfast dish (although it can be eaten at any time of day) and sitting at a pho stall at 6-7 in the morning before school or work is ~THEE viet experience~
2026-07-29 21:40:04
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⭆ ʟᴇᴇ ♚ :
ya maybe. not me tho. i consider myself american first and foremost.
2026-08-12 13:42:14
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tn_9665 :
whole heartedly agree. my parents left Vietnam when they were teens they almost always use English over Vietnamese to communicate with each other. I'm very secure in my identity as a Vietnamese American and the history of Vietnamese americans... but at this point it seems a bit silly for me to pretend I have some special or spiritual connection with Vietnam the country that exists today.
2026-08-01 01:05:54
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🍸enny :
Ugh unfortunately I relate
2026-08-12 17:43:21
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(●’◡’●)ﾉ :
I also feel like they try to overcompensate a lot, especially if they used to dislike or don't care about being Viet when they were young. Like being Asian, especially SEA wasn't that "cool" until a couple years ago so now we just overdo and romanticize our Asian identity.
2026-08-08 07:07:13
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Uyen Phuong :
Irrelevant but you reminds me of Alissa Nguyen, just the same vibe! 😀
2026-08-11 22:44:04
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Phùng. | VGEN CMS OPEN :
as someone born and raised in Vietnam, if im able to get a tattoo, i'd choose something that related to ancient Viet, u know the patterns our ancestors used to have on their bodies because of the believe that sea monster dont attack its own kind and maybe some pattern from Đông Sơn culture
2026-08-04 03:39:12
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Limeslice :
As a local Vietnamese, the only requirement to actually be Viet is to know your history and not fall for american propaganda, personally i think pho is boring but if you love it, it doesnt take away anything from u
2026-08-08 05:09:37
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Lee :
Yeah viet kieu can have wild views sometimes. It can be tiresome especially when its cool in one setting but they dont carry the same energy in another setting
2026-08-02 22:28:14
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Nicholas :
I think what I’ve learned over the years is to just stop comparing myself to others, and also that there are Vietnamese communities all over the world. The complexity of holding everyone’s perspectives is the beautiful thing. It took me meeting Viets in Norway, France, Mexico, and Korea to break out of this mainland VN & USA binary.
2026-07-17 00:19:09
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555 :
No yes totally agree. I think a lot of us Vietnamese Americans have this perception of how Vietnamese people ( esp if they are newer gen ) are societal wise and differentiate themselves from it UNTIL the “aesthetics” like you said wearing jade or calling themselves viet kieus is beneficial and makes them feel original. I think us that are born in the US rely too much on our families POV of how they see Vietnam and are scared to form our own POV which is what partially makes us disconnect??? Like yes we can blame our parents not teaching us Vietnamese or only being more Americanized but it’s also the insecurity that we have that stops us from wanting to connect more with our culture. Coming here every year and forming connections with Vietnamese people made me see their own POVS of us viết Americans as well and it’s jsut really interesting of the perceptions we have of one another. For example, some of them views us as privileged judgy people because of how some of us when going there (and this can be true esp if you’re the person that just is their for the aesthetics ) show that you are cultured whole time you’re thrown back and judging bc the lifestyle is diff from what u expected. But there’s also some that view you as rich and they do be kissing ass 😭 and when they realize you aren’t you can see that treatment shift fr (classism is insane I do want to mention esp if you’ve seen a rich viết )😭. Same thing for us viet Americans. You literally explained it so well like I’ve seen some viet Americans expect to be poor or jungle like bc of them listening to their older family and are so surprised when vietnam is cool as shit. There are some that also think they are soooo viết and diff from viet Americans ( I was like this back then ) bc like u said they can speak the language and eat things other than PHO but realize coming here you are completely humbled. Now I jsut stfu and am open to everything and gave up on the gate keeping “ I’m diff from viet Americans” bs bc I was born in NEBRASKA and am still trying to understand my culture like everyone else 😭😭 this mindset has helped me sm and made it easier to learn and not feel so bad about not knowing so much.
2026-07-30 08:22:01
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cynmaigatron :
Im def guilty of this 😭
2026-07-17 15:58:33
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Not Me :
I totally get what you mean bc I want to move back to Saigon but there’s so many layers of societal ills/challenges that Viet Kieus don’t want to address
2026-07-17 02:27:23
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