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I HATE HMONG PEOPLE
Hi guys, my name is Lengo and I’ve been browsing the net a lot lately..lol i know i'm lifeless like that... I came across some forum, blog, and articles about Hmong people and I just couldn’t believe there are so many of you Hmong out there hating on your own kind. I'll be honest with you guys that i used to hate my own people back then. I hate them Hmong for hating on their own kind. There are so many haters out there and i ended up hating almost all of them. They are all Hmong so by hating on them i realized that i'm no different from them. Hating on those haters mean that i'm also hating on my own kind. But then I realized that the problem is not about Hmong or being a Hmong. I am the problem because I focus too much on the negative side of my people and I’m sure most of you who hate on your own kind only focus on the negatives.

I ran through a lot of forum and blog on the net and I just couldn’t believe that there are so many Hmong hating on their own kind. When you asked them what’s so bad about Hmong, they’ll give you a bunch of reasons such as
-there are too many hmong gangs
-They always fighting and killing each other
-They’re lazy and always depending on their parents
-They take advantage of the welfare system/public help
Those people can go on and on and on…If you ask them what’s good about Hmong, sometime they’ll give you no answer but ummm ummm ummm…I really don’t know why there are so many of you Hmong out there hating on your own kind. You should be proud that you’re born as a Hmong. Believe it or not, there are a lot of good things about being a Hmong.

If you are a Hmong, you probably have some of the best parents out there. Your parents probably make you some traditional Hmong clothing even though you never want to wear them. Even if you don't like your parents, you know that when you come home from school, there will always be food on the table ready for you.

Some of you complain that Hmong people aren’t independent enough. I heard people said stuff like, “OMG he’s 25 years old and he still live with his parents.” I wanna ask them, “What’s wrong with living with your parents?” I’ll be honest that some of us youngster are lazy and we don’t wanna work so we ended up relying on our parents to pay for our bills and stuff like that.

Why don’t you look on the positive side for once. Some of us live with our parents because we love them. We wanna help our parents pay for the rent. We wanna help them so that they can live in a better place and a better neighborhood. We don’t want our parents living in ghetto area. Of course if we want, we can move out and live on our own, but for us Hmong, we want what’s best for our parents. If we don’t help them, they’ll probably end up living in a not so good neighborhood. Just look at most of our parents. Did they go to school here in America? I don’t think so. What does that said about their job? Most of the time they work at places that only pay minimum wage. Sometime they don’t even have jobs because they can’t speak English. What are they going to do and where are they going to live if we don’t live with them and help them out? Just because we live with our parents doesn’t mean that we’re depending on them. This is our way and this is why you don’t see many Hmong homeless out there. Being a Hmong, we have strong connection with our clan, our family, our relatives and our community. If we disown our poor parents, the whole Hmong community going to turn against us.

When you really think about it, the Hmong people are doing quite well. The Hmong people came to the United States 35 years ago. Of course everyone started out with welfare. Hmong lives in the mountain so they’re all farmers. They have no experience here in America. They have to rely on public help first. They can’t just become a taxi driver, teacher, or McDonald employee over night. They need to learn the American way and most importantly, they need to learn how to speak English.

Look at the Hmong youngsters out there nowadays. Some of them drive brand new car and it’s not because they’re on welfare, it’s because of their hard work and dedication. The Hmong arrived here in the United States 35 years ago. That’s a long time but when you compare us to other people, we haven’t been here long enough but we’re doing very well. It’s something that you should be proud of and stop hating on your own kind just because some of them are still relying on public help.
I know there are always problem with the fact that there are too many Hmong gangs shooting and killing each other every year. How are we suppose to prevent that? I don’t know. I have no idea. But there’s one thing that we can do. If you don’t like gangster then don’t become one and if I don’t like gangster then I’ll not become one. Like Gandi once said, “Be the change you want to see in this world.”
Some of you Hmong out there hating on your own kind because you always hear bad things about Hmong. Remember that when you do something good, chances are you’re not gonna be on the news paper but if you do something bad, you’ll be on the news. When there’s a shooting or killing that involve Hmong, it’ll be on the news. You’ll look at it and say, “OMG I don’t wanna be a Hmong, it’s embarrassing.”

When I was still in high school, I used to be in a club called, “The Winton Explorer.” It’s a community service club and most of the kids in there are Hmong. I have friends that have 2, 000 community service hours. There are a few with 4, 000 community service hours. Do you think they’ll be on the news for always helping out there community? I don’t think so. These kids are doing a lot of good things for themselves and their community. There are a lot of Hmong kids out there that did a lot of good things but unfortunately most of the time only the bad ones make the headline news. You have to look beyond what you hear on the news. Stop hating and saying that your people are a disgrace.

Some of you Hmong out there complain that how come there aren’t many hmong going to college and become successful. Some of you compare your own people to other people who’ve been living here for a very long time. That’s not even a fair comparison. The American parents been living here for their entire life. This is their homeland, they work and go to school here. They grow up here and they been saving money for their children for years. When their children ready to go to college, they’re able to help their children with the money they’ve been saving. Some of us Hmong parents are only here for 20 or 30 years. Do you think they get a chance to go to school? I don’t think so. Do you think they’re able to have high paying job? I don’t think so. Do you think with only minimum wage, they can save money for their children to attend college? Ummm I don’t know…

Some of us, we have to work full time and go to school full time..With so many bills to pay, we ended up dropping out of school. There are a few who can make it very far because they have their older brothers and sisters that can help them out. Or they have other kind of assistant. Nowadays I see a lot of Hmong kids that got into advance classes. I’m proud of them and you should be too.

Some of you think that Hmong are mean and they cannot live together or they’ll end up killing each other. That’s not true. Hmong used to live in crowded village. They lived together peacefully. You will have other villagers coming to your farm to help you out. Then the next day you go to their farm and help them out. Everyone have fun helping each other out at the farm. Didn’t your parents ever tell you that the day went by so quick if you have some villagers coming over to your farm to help you out? Isn’t that peaceful how Hmong used to live?

When the American came to our village, we welcome them warmly. We cook for them and provide a place for them to sleep. Even if a Hmong family only have two chickens, they’ll kill their two chicken just to have a good meal for their American friends. Hmong people are good people.

In our culture we have eighteen clans. Isn’t that nice? I’m proud to be a Vang. Lets say that if I go to a different village and get lost. I can just go to a Vang family even though I don’t know them. I can just go to them and say, “oh I’m lost and it’s getting dark and I have no places to go.” If they know that I’m a Vang like them, they’ll probably welcome me to join them at the table for dinner and they’ll provide me with a place to sleep. Isn’t that wonderful? They’ll treat me like I’m one of their relatives just because I have the same last name as them.

Just be proud of who you are and stop looking down on your own people. Stop thinking that your people is a disgrace. The most disgraceful thing you can ever do is to look down on your own people because you are one of them.