{"id":12420,"date":"2015-05-05T12:54:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T19:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.speakcityheights.org\/?p=12420"},"modified":"2015-05-05T12:57:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T19:57:13","slug":"generation-born-after-the-war-still-feels-consequences-of-fall-of-saigon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speakcityheights.org\/generation-born-after-the-war-still-feels-consequences-of-fall-of-saigon\/","title":{"rendered":"Generation Born After the War Still Feels Consequences of Fall of Saigon"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Alexandria Magik Rice<\/span>
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Jerry La’s parents fled Saigon after it fell to North Vietnamese troops in 1975. La said the trauma they endured has kept them from talking about the past.<\/p>\n

“My parents are very present-oriented people – present and future,” La said. “If you dwell on the past too much, you’re going to get nowhere, right?”<\/p>\n

But La said the disconnect between their family histories and life in America can be a struggle for many second generation refugees like himself. Below, La discusses what it’s like to be a “grandchild of Saigon.”<\/p>\n