Posted here by Desalegn Danel, Dallas
Yeharerwerk Gashaw,the first Ethiopian international model & Actress while helping the Ameriasians children in Dallas. Yeharerwerk, is recognized by America,as the first African for helping the American soldiers' children the Ameriasians as well as American juveniles, with the program she have developed and designed for them to help them with their self-esteem enhancemen and adapt american culture and way of life.
Yeharerwerk Gashaw said in 1989, during tv psa filming for ADL, that she helps American children , in the name of Ethiopia and other African nations where ever Americans are helping in Africa and in a way to thank the American people for helping hungry people of Ethiopia in Tigray.
Anchor john Macca. News video: a courtesy of WFAA (ABC ) and from the collection of Ethiopian Minister of Information 1990.
To learn more about the "Ameriasians children" go to www.mtholyoke.edu There were many factors that could influence the changes in relations between the United States and Vietnam after the Vietnam War. In the beginning, the U.S. showed their insensitivity toward the Amerasians through the Operation Baby Lift. However, after much public criticism of the U.S. government, they eventually became more responsible regarding there past military services. They implemented programs like the Orderly Departure Program and the Amerasians Act in attempting to bring their "forgotten" son and daughters back home. These new immigration laws opened pathways between Vietnam and America, and allowed Amerasians to come to America. But once they arrived in this country, they encountered many unwanted realities that broke their American dreams. They dreamt that they would find their fathers and that their fathers would accept them with wide-open arms. They dreamt that there would be less discrimination and more acceptances in both the mainstream America and Vietnamese communities in America. Instead of believing in their American dreams, they woke up after learning that their fathers do not want them to be part of their lives. And when their Vietnamese family cast aside from them when they lost their value as "tickets" to America. They became, once more, a marginalized group in what was supposed to be their second home. In America, the Vietnamese-Amerasians do not feel better than they felt in Vietnam. They had no identity. Actually, they never had the chance to identity themselves with a specific race. They did not blend in mainstream America because of the minimal education they received in Vietnam and the Philippines. In Vietnam, they were Amerasians, but in America, they were Vietnamese. The same way as in Vietnam, Amerasians have no place to go in this world. The 1960s intervention of the United States in Vietnam did not just prove to the whole world that the U.S. foreign policy was ineffective but also that it was a failure. Along with this failure, they brought home with them an embarrassed case of moral. During the Vietnam War, United States servicemen from all military branches, such as the Army, the Marine, and the Navy, failed their promise at helping to defend and contain the spread of communism in Vietnam. Also, they failed in keeping their military duty professional. In rare cases, they fell in love. In most cases, they lusted for the enemy's women. They fathered many children. And eventually, as their duty came to a close, they abandoned both their "lovers" and children upon returning to the United States. The servicemen were cruel and insensitive lovers. They took no responsibility as a father. To make things sadder, the United States government never admitted that it was their "men's" faults. Rather they indirectly tolerated these actions and figured that their "men" could enjoy some leisure activities while on duty. Of what had happened, there was a question of love and lust for most U.S. servicemen. And it was a question of tradition and betrayal for the Vietnamese women. The War gave many Vietnamese women the chance to break away and liberate themselves. For the first time, they took on employment opportunity outside their family and home. In fact, most women traveled many miles to get out of their rural farming home to the city military base, like Vung Tau, to take on service jobs as "cashiers, waitresses, and maids" (Bass, 14). In some unusual case, some women took on jobs as "bar girls and prostitutes" (Lipman, 17). The latter broke up the traditional Vietnamese women in them. Later, this also made it difficult for Amerasians because of the mothers' "betrayal of nationalism and traditional feminine chastity" (Lipman, 11).
Yeharerwerk Gashaw said in 1989, during tv psa filming for ADL, that she helps American children , in the name of Ethiopia and other African nations where ever Americans are helping in Africa and in a way to thank the American people for helping hungry people of Ethiopia in Tigray.
Anchor john Macca. News video: a courtesy of WFAA (ABC ) and from the collection of Ethiopian Minister of Information 1990.
To learn more about the "Ameriasians children" go to www.mtholyoke.edu There were many factors that could influence the changes in relations between the United States and Vietnam after the Vietnam War. In the beginning, the U.S. showed their insensitivity toward the Amerasians through the Operation Baby Lift. However, after much public criticism of the U.S. government, they eventually became more responsible regarding there past military services. They implemented programs like the Orderly Departure Program and the Amerasians Act in attempting to bring their "forgotten" son and daughters back home. These new immigration laws opened pathways between Vietnam and America, and allowed Amerasians to come to America. But once they arrived in this country, they encountered many unwanted realities that broke their American dreams. They dreamt that they would find their fathers and that their fathers would accept them with wide-open arms. They dreamt that there would be less discrimination and more acceptances in both the mainstream America and Vietnamese communities in America. Instead of believing in their American dreams, they woke up after learning that their fathers do not want them to be part of their lives. And when their Vietnamese family cast aside from them when they lost their value as "tickets" to America. They became, once more, a marginalized group in what was supposed to be their second home. In America, the Vietnamese-Amerasians do not feel better than they felt in Vietnam. They had no identity. Actually, they never had the chance to identity themselves with a specific race. They did not blend in mainstream America because of the minimal education they received in Vietnam and the Philippines. In Vietnam, they were Amerasians, but in America, they were Vietnamese. The same way as in Vietnam, Amerasians have no place to go in this world. The 1960s intervention of the United States in Vietnam did not just prove to the whole world that the U.S. foreign policy was ineffective but also that it was a failure. Along with this failure, they brought home with them an embarrassed case of moral. During the Vietnam War, United States servicemen from all military branches, such as the Army, the Marine, and the Navy, failed their promise at helping to defend and contain the spread of communism in Vietnam. Also, they failed in keeping their military duty professional. In rare cases, they fell in love. In most cases, they lusted for the enemy's women. They fathered many children. And eventually, as their duty came to a close, they abandoned both their "lovers" and children upon returning to the United States. The servicemen were cruel and insensitive lovers. They took no responsibility as a father. To make things sadder, the United States government never admitted that it was their "men's" faults. Rather they indirectly tolerated these actions and figured that their "men" could enjoy some leisure activities while on duty. Of what had happened, there was a question of love and lust for most U.S. servicemen. And it was a question of tradition and betrayal for the Vietnamese women. The War gave many Vietnamese women the chance to break away and liberate themselves. For the first time, they took on employment opportunity outside their family and home. In fact, most women traveled many miles to get out of their rural farming home to the city military base, like Vung Tau, to take on service jobs as "cashiers, waitresses, and maids" (Bass, 14). In some unusual case, some women took on jobs as "bar girls and prostitutes" (Lipman, 17). The latter broke up the traditional Vietnamese women in them. Later, this also made it difficult for Amerasians because of the mothers' "betrayal of nationalism and traditional feminine chastity" (Lipman, 11).
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