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American Intervention: Domestically and Internationally
The United States and its people take great pride in knowing that the U.S. is the greatest nation in the world. That is why it’s our duty to father the rest of the world when conflicts arise. American culture and ideals are also thought to take precedents over all other cultures and ideals. In the book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall down, written by Anne Fadiman, there are many great examples of how American culture is imposed on the people residing with in its enclosed boundaries. The U.S. going to war in Vietnam is also a great example of how the U.S. tried to impose American values on the “less fortunate.” Through understanding America’s so …show more content…

They have soul healers called Shamaans that are able to get rid of the evil dabs and prescribe herbal medicine. If one was feeling ill, that meant that his or her soul had wandered away from his or her body. When he or she felt better, this meant that his or her soul had found their way back. Treatments, to them, were supposed to be quick and most importantly painless because if they weren’t their soul might get angry and stray from their body.
The Lee’s and many other Hmongs’ faced many complications in America due to their “uncivilized” beliefs, rituals, and culture. In the Lee’s case, it all ties back to the birth of the Lia. When Lia was born her placenta was incinerated, among with the placenta’s of all the other Hmong births at the Merced Community Medical Center. The doctors thought that the Hmong women wanted to eat the placentas, and were disgusted by the idea so decided, on behalf of their expert medical rationale, to incinerate the placentas. In their beliefs, this may have caused their daughter Lia to become ill, since her soul had no where to return once she died. In matter of fact, at the end of the book little Lia is medically brain dead, but is still alive. This can be accounted ultimately because her soul can’t find her placenta; hence she can’t start her journey to the sky.
Many Hmongs’ also received criticism for their ritual sacrificing of pigs, chickens, cows, and many other

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