Leilani Adame
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Laotian Daughters -
The author discusses the active roles that the second generation Laotians undertook. Several respondents in AYA took active part in meetings and events (consisting of leading a small community meeting with a department director. The second-generation Laotians also contributed at two public event by being translators. The author includes "their reaction's to APEN efforts to link personal experiences of neighborhood race effects to structural analysis of social inequalities in the U.S." Second-generation Laotians attempt to combat was to contribute with their own resources. Shah also analyzes the contents of APEN's political strategies in order to understand the kind of political subjects ethnic and racial identities created through AYA. APEN's creativity, as well as tensions and limitations of their organizing strategies; they attempted to maintain their campaign of extending contacts in Laotian communities, increasing the involvement. Shah stresses the importance of understanding youth political identities and how the youth develop these identities within the context of community organization.
Monkey Dance-
Monkey Dance is a traditional Cambodian dance. The newer generations of Cambodian- American people are adding non-traditional twists to this culturally symbolic dance. For instance they add gymnastics and break dancing to make it their own modern version of the monkey dance.
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