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“The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, as their later history was also to illustrate, may be the most difficult request any minority can make of a majority culture.”

Excellent. Satisfying all of my interests at the intersection of medical ethics, culture, power, strength of beliefs and empathy; how even our best intentions result in deep, multigenerational harm. Nothing we do as clinicians is culturally neutral, nothing we say as humans is wholly benign. Our western idea of medicine, without pause, equates differences of practice with malice/neglect. Humility is so necessary.