Thank you, thousands of Indochinese
moved to Dallas in the mid 1970s.
They came to a strange country halfway
around the world to escape the
wars that were tearing apart Vietnam,
Cambodia and Laos.
Today, there are nearly 22000
Indochinese. In Dallas, the first
wave of settlers lived in the Fitzhugh
area and near east Dallas.
But the pioneers are now leaving
when they got the job.
And they can save a lot of my
little bit of money and they move out
of that area
where they move into
some of them moving to Mesquite, in
Garland, in Carentan, in Grand Prairie
Gonad.
Luen training his parents live in
Mesquite Luen as part of
a new generation of Vietnamese.
He likes rock concerts and blue jeans,
but he isn't forgetting his past.
You have to mix in, but you know, deep
down inside you still want to be a
Vietnamese kid.
That's what you really are.
The trains still keep their Oriental
grocery store in the Fitzhugh area,
and even though they don't live here,
they feel the area has already been
established as an important business
and cultural addition to Dallas,
a place Indochinese population
can claim as its own.
Victor Solis, Channel 5 Action News, Dallas.