San Jose “Little Saigon”: Now officially a feud
Monday, March 24th, 2008
That’s what the L.A. Times calls it in a story by My-Thuan Tran entitled “Vietnam echoes in a San Jose feud” - here.
Quote:
“Even business owners, reporters, and pop singers carefully tiptoe around inferences and innuendo that can cast a person as being soft on communism.
A misstep can launch vocal protests and accusations; reputations can be tarnished. Most bow to the pressure.
Madison Nguyen, however, has played her hand differently. She said she was willing to risk votes and upset constituents to exert her political independence.
It’s a risky gambit in places such as San Jose and Orange County, where Vietnamese American politicians rely on the ethnic community as their base and where the mood is colored by the loudest voices.”
To read more of the Bolsavik’s entries on this, click on the tag “Story Road.” Like this.
