I learn that she had a hard time looking for research on her grandmother and other Indians as well. Bahadur’s process into learning her about was hard because a lot of her stories about her grandmother stories were word of mouth or old ship manifest. The limits were lots of the archives were gone, looking at old images, going to Indian offices into London and hearing at oral tradition from other sources. She address these limits by saying that many of the women voice’s were silent either by sexual abuse or by the white man keeping Indians quiet, to have their power over them. The data I might research is history on my family now in America and then their travel from where ever they are from. Next, I would try and find any type of embassy that is related to my family history and ask to look in their archives to see any ship manifest.
The person that was interviewed was from the Viet stories and her name is Amy Huyen Le. Amy is a struggling artist who is Vietnamese – American. Her mother is a single mom and she has not interact with her dad ever since she was one. She does not know much about her mother’s immigration because her mother does not like to talk about her past of coming to America. The oral history confirms my ideas about many Asian Americans either knows a lot, know some or know none about their parents migration to America. I want to know more about if Asian immigrants regret coming to America or do they love being here.
Good discussion — and I especially appreciate your point about silence. There can be many explanations for why someone does not share their stories with others, and challenges to this for those who are seeking answers/information/knowledge.