Kevin Xiong, the president of the Yuba-Sutter Hmong American Association, said that he was born in the midst of the “secret war” in Laos, and his dad served in that
Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen responded to allegations of racism in an exclusive sit-down interview with KCRA 3 s Stephanie Lin. It s absolutely untrue, said Singh-Allen. They made these ridiculous claims during the campaign and they re rehashing them now. In March, a group calling themselves the Elk Grove Hmong Americans initiated a recall effort against Mayor Singh-Allen. The co-founders of the movement, Mia Foster, Marie Vue, and Sai Vang, are accusing Singh-Allen of making what they consider a racist statement on social media that they say triggered hate against the Hmong community. She called our Hmong system intimidating, said Foster. She doesn t get to generalize about someone else s culture. In the social media post made back in June 2020, Singh-Allen calls out then-Elk Grove mayor Steve Ly, who is Hmong, to acknowledge the patriarchal clan system that is a controlling and intimidating system used to attack and silence local women. I have never said any