The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, — Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
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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.

— Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
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