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A review by megansoetaert
Unsettled: Cambodian Refugees in the New York City Hyperghetto by Eric Tang
informative
slow-paced
4.25
A very informative look into refugee status in the US, the “hyperghetto” as created in US cities, and Cambodian/Khmer experiences as refugees from the 1970s til today.
Dr. Tang incorporated the story of Ra, a Cambodian woman resettled as a refugee in the Bronx, to help tell the story of the injustices Cambodian refugees faced in the US refugee system and the US as a whole. This fusion of memoir & academic analysis worked very well for this book, and as a former student of Dr. Tang’s, i loved getting to learn from him again.
Dr. Tang incorporated the story of Ra, a Cambodian woman resettled as a refugee in the Bronx, to help tell the story of the injustices Cambodian refugees faced in the US refugee system and the US as a whole. This fusion of memoir & academic analysis worked very well for this book, and as a former student of Dr. Tang’s, i loved getting to learn from him again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and War