Hom qua, HA gap mot nguoi sinh vien dang hoc o trong CDSP. Nguoi nay la mot Giao Su cua Community College, sap sua ra truong vao thang 05 voi bang M.Div. Ba ta noi rang hoi xua, cha me la Giao Si o Viet Nam, theo hoi Seventh Day Adventist. Ho sinh song o VN 10 nam. Nghe noi vay, long cam thay hoi ghen ghen, vi lam sao ma mot nguoi My da trang, mot nguoi My goc Chau Au lai sinh song o nuoc cua minh lau hon minh? HA thi duoc sinh ra tai Saigon, nhung da lia VN khi 6 tuoi. Le ra, do la nuoc cua minh, la dan minh. Nhung day la mot gia dinh euro-American sang qua VN, de "cuu vot" nhung con nguoi VN... sao thay that la imperialist... giong nhu la mot cultural domination alongside mot religious domination which is labeled as "salvation."
Ba ta noi, khi song o VN (khoang late 1940s to early 1950s) gia dinh ho chi co tiep suc voi nguoi My thoi, voi nhung nguoi My o LXQ, va su tiep suc voi "dan Viet" chi qua su truyen giao, de "giai cuu" nhung tam hon cua nguoi Viet. Nghi den, thi tuc lam, va buon lam... vi rat nhieu nhieu van con cach suy nghi do... ho nghi ho phai convert and save the locals. White missionaries, they have shaped so much of our world, but to what end??
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