Bringing the Marginalized into Conversations about American Raciality - Erin Kane - Keely Gaeta - Emily Norris

DESTINATION: CAMP PENDLETON, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

WELCOME TO SUNNY SAN DIEGO! CAMP PENDLETON SERVED AS THE FINAL DESTINATION FOR THE REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM AND WAS KNOWN AS “TENT CITY”. OUTSIDE OF VIETNAM, THE LARGEST VIETNAMESE POPULATION BEGAN AT CAMP PENDLETON. LOCATED JUST NORTH OF SAN DIEGO OFF THE I-5 NEAR OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA, THIS CAMP WAS PLACED ON INDIGENOUS LAND. ACCORDING TO NATIVE-LAND.CA, CAMP PENDLETON IS LOCATED ON PAYÓMKAWICHUM LAND WHICH CREATES AN INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF CREATING A SPACE FOR REFUGEES TO ARRIVE IN THE UNITED STATES BY TAKING LAND FROM SOMEONE ELSE. IN ADDITION TO THIS ISSUE, THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DID NOT WELCOME THE ARRIVAL OF THE REFUGEES.

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