My Voice is Bleach...Hieu Nguyen "Buffet Etiquette"

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My Voice is Bleach...Hieu Nguyen "Buffet Etiquette"

I am fluent in apologies - expression on language mastery

Hieu Nguyen, performing for Saint Paul at the 2013 National Poetry Slam.

A similar poem on English language here: http://thelitgeek.tumblr.com/post/56259499575

And a video about embracing a language (click on captions for translation) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNOiwgrZbPE

Food for thought.

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posted	March 7, 2014
sponsor	Office of Human Relations Programs
topics	Arts, Culture & Entertainment Diversity Teaching & Learning
tags	arts-culture-and-entertainment asia asian bi-lingual bleach buffet buffet-etiquette childhood continent country diversity english ethnicity etiquette family first-generation foreign heritage hieu history huey identity immigrant language mother mother-tongue national-origin nationality nyguyen origin poet poetry poetry-slam race slam teaching-and-learning tongue translate vietnam vietnamese yellow
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