Seattle Times
Through an eyepiece, Jordan Amorasin learned about his homeland for the first time.The son of immigrants never knew about his family’s journey from Laos to America, but a class with the Southeast Asian Men’s Group in Seattle gave him the right to ask. Armed with a camcorder, he interviewed his mother and uncle. Amorasin is one of a couple dozen students who have ended up in the class that meet faithfully every week for a free class offered by Asian Counseling Referral Service. The class gets them to address identity through lessons on history and documentary. “I was surprised he told me his story the way he did,” Amorasin said of his uncle. “I thought he felt obliged to tell me. Instead, he was willing to tell me.”