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While I don't have a problem with the information as it's given, it seems an oddly specific focus. Why Merced? Why not Fresno or St. Paul? Are there any parallel articles? I'd suggest merging it to another, more general article, but I'm not sure which one. — Ƶ§œš¹ [aɪm ˈfɹ̠ˤʷɛ̃ɾ̃ˡi] 13:19, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
The Conway article (in part 2 on page 10) mentions the Oregon state agency having a taped message asking the Hmong to move to California. The article says that Sharon Fuji, the regional director of the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Development, put it to an end by threatening to end Oregon's assistance -- This could be useful if one wanted to write a general article about the Hmong in California. WhisperToMe ( talk) 02:36, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Fadiman page 248 states that Vangay was originally "Vang Na" but changed his name in France because he believed a name that did not "sound so Asian" would cause his résumé to receive more job offers than if he had kept the name the same. The book said that he worked as a Hmong language teacher in Merced College and worked as a bilingual education specialist of "the Merced school system". Fadiman talked to Vangay in an elementary school classroom, and she and Vangay communicated in a mix of English and French. WhisperToMe ( talk) 00:36, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
According to:
There is a church called Merced Hmong Alliance Church, established in 1982. It rented the sanctuary of the Evangelical Free Church, and as of 2002 was raising funds to build a standalone worship facility. In 2002 almost 90% of the congregation was born in the United States, so the church conducts youth group services in English and Hmong. Some adult members of the congregation did not speak English.
I'm not sure how prominent of a role it has in Hmong history in Merced. WhisperToMe ( talk) 00:48, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
Fadiman's book mentions on p. 308 (in "Notes on sources")