Monthly Archives: April, 2014
diaCRITICIZE: My Black April
Black April stirs mixed feelings in me. Do we have to call this anniversary Black? Really, Vietnamese people? Is that the best we can do? After all, isn’t White the color of death in Vietnam?
Khanh Ho: An Open Letter about Queer Vietnam
Drawing examples from queer-themed Vietnamese films and his own personal experience in Vietnam, writer, scholar, and activist Khanh Ho responds to a student's question...
diaCRITICIZE — You Didn’t Kill Us All, You Know — Part Two
…Granted, the academic interest in Chăm history and culture, exemplified by recent conferences held in HCMC and Phan Thiết, shows that we are still "on the map" for some scholars, even as we sometimes disappear within the "family" of Việt Nam rubric whereby no indigenous peoples are recognized as such, by the current government.
diaCRITICIZE — You Didn’t Kill Us All, You Know — Part One
In this exclusive new diaCRITICIZE, Julie Thi Underhill offers an in-depth introduction to the sometimes fraught relationship between Chăm Americans and Vietnamese Americans. She raises difficult questions, including why Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans would rather forget the conquest of the Chăm, the continuing existence of the Chăm people, and whether or not the Chăm can be compared to Native Americans.
Writers’ Spotlight: Filmmaker Masahiro Sugano
The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network and the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center are proud to present the Fourth San Francisco Diaporic Vietnamese Literary Festival on Saturday,...
Anvi Hoàng’s travelog: In meditation in Đà Lạt: Một thoáng tĩnh
The search for childhood memory is a tricky journey. Anvi has tried more than one time and eventually found her way, at some cost!...
Top Five Most Critical of March 2014
IT’S HERE! THE TOP FIVE MOST READ POSTS OF MARCH ON DIACRITICS! READ YOUR FAVORITES AGAIN OR DISCOVER SOMETHING YOU’VE OVERLOOKED. SO, STAY TUNED...
Writers’ Spotlight: Kim Thuy
The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network and the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center are proud to present the Fourth San Francisco Diaporic Vietnamese Literary Festival on Saturday,...
March 2014 News and Events
What happened in March 2014: news and events relating to Vietnamese at home and in the diaspora.It’s time for our second subscriber drive. We’re...
CALL FOR WRITING SUBMISSIONS: The I Am Vietnamese Project
The I Am Vietnamese Project is a non-profit project dedicated to the collection and publication of short stories about personal and Vietnamese cultural identity....