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The wretched of the earth know this candy. Hershey’s doled out after a firefight, M&Ms handed out before a raid. Americans sprayed Dum Dums lollies from a fighter helicopter and the children of Afghanistan ran after the chopper with their arms raised. Sometimes candy was used as a trick. In Vietnam, bored guards planted candy under barbed wire
... See moreCathy Park Hong • Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Thus, for displaced people, the first question was always about time: When can I return?
Viet Thanh Nguyen • The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
When does a war end? When can I say your name and have it mean only your name and not what you left behind?