I wrote a thing and can finally say I will have a published op-ed in print! Link in my bio, or go buy the @latimes Sunday! My piece should be in the @timesocofficial section! 💛 One of my favorite parts of the piece wound up getting cut, but I'm posting it below as it highlights the range of creators (in type of work and identity) we have in the global Viet diaspora who collectively defy what Miss Saigon and narratives like it perpetuate:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"If you are not local to Orange County, there is a multitude of work by incredible Vietnamese storytellers worldwide. Read the words of Bao Phi and Helen Hoang. Experience stories told in images by Thi Bui and Minh Lê. Watch Karrueche Tran, Robin Tran, and Andrew Phung onstage or on your screens. Buy tickets to the films of Ash Mayfair and Leon Le. Learn about ethnic minority groups of Vietnam from H'Rina DeTroy and H’Hen Nie. The list of creators and performers goes on. I would also like to note the importance of doing more to recognize the voices of others within the South East Asian diaspora who also were affected by the Vietnam War." 💛 This was very personal for me to write, and I hope I've added something to the conversation about it that's been going on for 30 years. TY all. Much love 🙏🏽.