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Re: Hmong and food



J. Frank Cook wrote:
some years ago when a large number of Hmong moved to Wisconsin, the
case management workers had to
instruct their clients, most of whom were pre-literate, that while
cans with a picture of peas contained peas, and corn, corn; cans
with a picture of a dog did not contain a staple of their native
diet.


I forwarded this account to my mother in Minnesota and she replied
that she heard they also had to reassure them that baby food doesn't
contain babies.

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Jennifer Hecker, MLIS
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Wayne State University
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Detroit, MI 48202
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