In East Asian Times, an article on one of many communities devastated by the oil spill: Vietnamese-American fishermen along the gulf coast in Mississippi and Louisiana. Many survived the war in Vietnam, KKK campaigns, and hurricanes. Now, this. (thanks, Maitri)
Vietnamese fishermen in Louisiana do not have it easy after the oil spill
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