Like the socially constructed identity of Asian American, Hmong American is a political identity.1 Hmong Americans’ historically asymmetrical relationship with the United States government and their contemporary experiences as a racialized ethnic minority group have much in common with the experiences of other Asian and Southeast Asian Americans. At the same time, Hmong Americans’ relationships with the peoples and government of their “homeland,” with the U.S. and its political institutions, and with racial categories and ethnic groups in American society are unique and complex. Hmong American and diaspora studies is a space for engaging in certain social inquiries into these complex relationships and praxes toward creating just and equal relationships. Specifically, we see Hmong American and diaspora studies as a space within ethnic studies to interrogate authority (knowledge, power, subjugation), cultivate political identities, and develop Hmong’s capacity for collective action. In this introductory essay, we begin by discussing the impetus for this special issue. Next, we discuss the current state of Hmong American and diaspora studies before highlighting how the

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为批判性苗族美国人和侨民研究绘制新路径

与亚裔美国人的社会建构身份一样，苗族裔美国人也是一种政治身份。1 苗族裔美国人与美国政府的历史不对称关系以及他们作为种族化少数族裔群体的当代经历与其他亚洲和东南亚的经历有很多共同之处亚裔美国人。与此同时，苗族美国人与他们“祖国”的人民和政府、美国及其政治机构以及美国社会中的种族类别和族裔群体的关系是独特而复杂的。苗族美国人和侨民研究是一个空间，可以对这些复杂的关系进行某些社会调查，并致力于建立公正和平等的关系。具体来说，我们将苗族美国人和侨民研究视为族群研究中的一个空间，以质疑权威（知识、权力、征服）、培养政治身份和发展苗族集体行动的能力。在这篇介绍性文章中，我们首先讨论了这个特刊的动力。接下来，我们先讨论美国苗族和侨民研究的现状，然后再强调