Family Connections

Family Connections

Please  watch  the following video titled "Daughter from Danang":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AU_VUe2HX0

This is an Essay – Need to be written in paragraph.

Discussion Questions:

1. What was your initial reaction/observation to Heidi's experience?

2. What was operation dumbo drop (operation babylift)? Had you ever heard of this historical event before?

3. Hiep/Heidi was already 6 years old when she was brought to the U.S. from Vietnam. How does this affect her identification with the Vietnamese culture, as well as the American culture?

4. Considering the information provided by the video, what is Hiep/Heidi's ethnicity? 

5. What were your concluding reactions/remarks to the surprising end to Heidi's re-connection with her family in Danang?

6. Define ethnocentrism and discuss at least one occasion in which you experienced ethnocentrism while watching this video.