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November 10,
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Senator Janet Nguyen
Reacts to
Frontline/ProPublica's
"Terror in Little Saigon" Report
(Garden Grove, CA) In
response to the Frontline/ProPublica's report "Terror in Little
Saigon", Senator Janet Nguyen has reacted by sending a letter to
ProPublica's Executive Chairman Paul Steiger. In the letter, Senator Nguyen
asks the organization for an apology for the mischaracterization of the
Vietnamese-American Community and calls on ProPublica to exercise better
discretion in future reports. ProPublica is the news organization that produced
the report that aired on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
"I was
displeased and offended by the blanket mischaracterization of the
Vietnamese-American community as political radicalists who will resort to
suppressing dissenting opinions through violent means," said Senator Janet
Nguyen, who represents the nation's largest community of Vietnamese residents
living outside of Vietnam.
"Terror in
Little Saigon", which aired on November 3rd, followed ProPublica Correspondent
A.C. Thompson's journey to investigate the murders of five Vietnamese American
journalists between 1981 and 1990. The report goes on to allege that "The
Front", a group that sought to overthrow the government of the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam, engaged in violent acts to suppress the dissenting
opinions of Vietnamese-Americans and was involved in the murders of the
journalists.
Unfortunately, the
report mischaracterized the Vietnamese-American community as sympathetic to
"The Front's" alleged efforts and depicted Vietnamese Americans as a
whole, as individuals who are willing to silence their opponents through
radical acts of violence.
In an effort to
correct the report's mischaracterization of the Vietnamese-American community,
Senator Nguyen took great pride in highlighting the accomplishments of the
Vietnamese-American community.
"Contrary to
what was portrayed in the report, the more than 1.7 million
Vietnamese-Americans are law-abiding citizens that contribute to the rich
tapestry of America's society," said Senator Janet Nguyen. "Given the
great struggles that Vietnamese-Americans immigrants have overcome and the many
contributions they have made in this great nation, I would respectfully
encourage ProPublica to issue an apology to the Vietnamese-American community
and to exercise better discretion in your future reports."
Senator Nguyen's
letter was also shared with PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger, as well as
Frontline Producer Richard Rowley and ProPublica Correspondent A.C. Thompson.
About Senator Janet
Nguyen
Senator Janet Nguyen
was overwhelmingly elected to represent the residents of California's 34th
State Senate District in 2014. With this victory, Senator Nguyen became the
first woman elected to represent the 34th Senate District and the first
Vietnamese-American in the country to be elected to the State Senate. Senator
Nguyen is the highest-ranking Vietnamese American elected official in the
United States.
The 34th State
Senate District includes the cities of Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Los
Alamitos, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Westminster, the unincorporated communities of
Midway City and Rossmoor, as well as portions of Anaheim, Huntington Beach,
Long Beach, and Orange.
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