In this episode, we talked with Professor Thao Ha (@ThaoHaPhD)– Vietnamese refugee, esteemed scholar, and producer of a documentary on Vietnamese-KKK conflict in Texas, “Seadrift.” We had a fascinating conversation about immigrant groups in the U.S., Solidarity during the current rebellions, Vietnamese views on the Black community, the role of younger Vietnamese in changing politics, and the future of Vietnamese-American politics.
Thao Ha is a Vietnamese refugee who earned a doctorate in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a professor at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, CA, and has published a variety of academic works in the areas of race, gender, immigration, and Vietnamese American experiences in the South. She is an advisor and associate producer of “Seadrift,” a documentary about the racial violence and KKK intimidation that erupted in the 1970s against Vietnamese Americans in a small Texas fishing town.
