Open AccessDisrupting Deficit Discourses about Hmong Culture
Author(s) -
Bic Ngo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of social studies education research for teachers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2563-6006
DOI - 10.29173/assert30
Subject(s) - oppression , gender studies , white supremacy , human sexuality , sociology , white (mutation) , political science , racism , politics , law , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Dominant discourses persistently portray Hmong Americans as stuck in time and tied to Hmong cultural traditions. This article suggests dominant discourses about the oppression of Hmong culture are mechanisms of White supremacy. It examines research with Hmong Americans on gender and sexuality to disrupt deficit discourses about Hmong culture. It provides recommendations for teachers to counteract dominant discourses that instantiate the values, worldviews, culture and structures of White supremacy.