Tan Le: My immigration story

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  • www.ted.com In 2010, technologist Tan Le took the TEDGlobal stage to demo a powerful new interface. But now, at TEDxWomen, she tells a very personal story: the story of her family -- mother, grandmother and sister -- fleeing Vietnam and building a new life.
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  • @Sakshi_Sava
    @Sakshi_Sava 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +160

    AEC Attendance Please😢😅
    2024

  • @raewynahkoy6593
    @raewynahkoy6593 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This has been by far my fav TEDtalk :-)

  • @asmahamad7255
    @asmahamad7255 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    she has a thoughtful voice. it touches my heart
    I don't Know, Why I was crying when she mentioned her grandmother
    it runs through the women
    remarkable words

  • @XingYun行雲
    @XingYun行雲 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I am crying.

    • @nghiatrung2507
      @nghiatrung2507 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Apollinaria Elf why you crying?

  • @sontung007
    @sontung007 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    a beautiful story, a beautiful woman.. thank you chi Tan Le.

  • @miya3677
    @miya3677 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow i cried

  • @8itmap
    @8itmap 10 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    her voice is very soothing when she tells her story

    • @christopherthao9151
      @christopherthao9151 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The whole time her voice sounds so family but to me it it's soothing like Sonia from jayesslee might be b/c of being from Australia? Not sure but maybe just me

    • @21savageson54
      @21savageson54 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very good story.

  • @anhnhan4868
    @anhnhan4868 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    As a Vietnamese person living in a communist country now, I am sympathize her story. I'm in young generation in Vietnam. Everyday Vietnamese people live without doubt about the government. We don't have freedom to vote a good- personality person into government. Also Vietnamese people are not allowed to have free meeting and talk about the communist party. Government control Vietnamese people by the military. Vietnamese people need freedom.

    • @areejahmad7748
      @areejahmad7748 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i hope one day u will get the freedom u ned ,want,and deserve

    • @candyman5749
      @candyman5749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Then how are you able to get on the internet and talk about it here?

    • @hungmap1749
      @hungmap1749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I have to log in Gmail in order to Like and answer your comment. I am also a Vietnamese and now I'm studying in Canada. Even though I'm just 24 years old, I know whole of stories about Vietnam War. I just want to talk 1 sentence "Dit Me Communist sell country to Chinese ". We need human right. We need freedom. We don't need dictatorial regime.

    • @PhuongLe-cf3tn
      @PhuongLe-cf3tn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      chế độ nào cũng vậy cả, từ tư bản đến cộng sản bạn ạ, bạn nói v không khác nào bêu rếu việt nam đang sống dưới 1 chế độ cầm tù ư ??

    • @hungmap1749
      @hungmap1749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@PhuongLe-cf3tn cái mà bạn đang nhìn thấy chỉ là bề ngoài đánh lừa thị giác thôi. Bên trong đó là nó thúi quắc luôn rồi

  • @timfan2810
    @timfan2810 10 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    As an immigrant that resulted from the disturbances of the Vietnam War, I can relate to the hardships Tan had endure. It's hard to comprehend unless one has experienced it first hand. She had a boat, we had none. My grandmother had to carry 3 grandchildren tied together with bamboo across the Mekong river. We fled communist Laos and sought shelter in Thailand; a neutral country during the war. 10 years we were in the red cross refugee camp before settling in the States. I would like to have a session on TED some day. I think the socialist aspect of our nation is neglected and as a result, you tend to see the pursuit of personal gain before national gain.

    • @Hung18021
      @Hung18021 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Feel sorry for you, Viet Nam war is so f*cking pointless and is funny how the US started Vn war and then helped the emigrants after the war that they start :)

    • @裴剛罄
      @裴剛罄 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who started that war?

    • @gonkong5638
      @gonkong5638 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      裴疆慶 that is USA friend name France if you don’t know.

    • @裴剛罄
      @裴剛罄 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@gonkong5638 do you have problem of listening comprehension skills? It's not a real question, it's a joke question, and if you need a real answer "Cộng Sản" is true answer. France bring to Rubber, Architecture, Economic....and the reasons for poverty in the north is "Jappan", the solution to that problem is apoil at Sounthern.

  • @g7u930
    @g7u930 9 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Her grandfather is alive in her words. Thank you for sharing your puzzle pieces.

    • @somedaymaybeyt4048
      @somedaymaybeyt4048 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ok, is it grandfather or grandmother?? Was so confused throughout the vid

    • @g7u930
      @g7u930 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ilike pi, there really is nothing confusing. Her grandfather died and was never able to share his life work of poetry. It had to be burned because the communists don't like individuality. Her grandmother died many years later. Maybe watch the video again or take some poetry classes. This woman is very poetic in her story of parts of her life.

    • @somedaymaybeyt4048
      @somedaymaybeyt4048 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sarah Gaskill lol u don't have to lowkey insult me lady. I hope you never become a teacher.

    • @g7u930
      @g7u930 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I didnt mean to insult you. Sorry if you took it that way. You just said you were confused. I was just trying to clarify.

  • @lencho234
    @lencho234 10 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Very good speaker, thanks for sharing your story, and your last comment's were so profound.

  • @Zeus__314
    @Zeus__314 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Anyone in Malappuram

  • @sarahkarimi4936
    @sarahkarimi4936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The person coughing was honestly so annoying. Bur her speech was absolutely beautiful :D

    • @williegates627
      @williegates627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "The person coughing" was a 96-year-old woman named Hin Su Cho. She wanted to see her adopted granddaughter give a speech. The doctors told her she should not travel due to her Stage 4 Lung Cancer, but Hin fought through it and went, knowing it would be the last time she saw her adopted granddaughter speak.
      I'll let her know Sarah found her illness annoying and inconvenient.

    • @rando1018
      @rando1018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@williegates627 chill out dude how was she supposed to know

    • @obisfish
      @obisfish ปีที่แล้ว

      @@williegates627bro spent a year studying for that 💀💀💀

  • @fabiano8888
    @fabiano8888 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    What a woman! She let me speechless.

  • @kevodanh-theunknown733
    @kevodanh-theunknown733 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    This is the first time I have watched a Vietnamese person in TED Talk. Wonderful!

  • @JustNilt
    @JustNilt 12 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Words cannot express my admiration for this lady. The courage it must have taken to share one's story in this manner humbles me.

  • @MrAlexBui
    @MrAlexBui 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Are you Vietnamese? All Vietnamese will be able to connect with this immigrant story and see the point is about going through challenge. How challenge is to be embraced, makes us better. That was the meaning of the end. She wants her children to be challenged.

    • @anbaker1762
      @anbaker1762 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alex Bui there are comments made by Viets (Viet nationals not us overseas) that were like “Because of people who “dress like western, use western product”... “are the roots of (Vietnam’s) poverty”. Anyways those Viets disliked us because we were FORCED to leave/grow up in foreign countries!

  • @bibebeauty
    @bibebeauty 12 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    wow, her story is extremely inspirational...

  • @heisamushroom
    @heisamushroom 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This was beautifully spoken and put together. She has such a gift for storytelling

  • @AlanLe
    @AlanLe 12 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I shared a similar story to hers and I got chills hearing this. Some memories even came back. I was only 5 at the time.

  • @DoRayMeFa
    @DoRayMeFa 12 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is one of the most inspiring and touching stories I've ever heard.
    I'm sad that most of the viewer comments have little to do with what she said.

  • @johntaylor2623
    @johntaylor2623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I am so grateful that women like Tan le stand up and tell their story. It makes my story much easier to bear knowing others have endured so much in their lives. Thank you for sharing your life with us.

  • @trandiep9388
    @trandiep9388 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    chị ơi, em ngưỡng mộ chị quá.mạnh mẽ, nhẹ nhàng, dịu dàng. em nghe câu chuyện của chị many times những lần nào cũng đầy cảm xúc. cảm ơn chị đã cho em a new lesson

  • @turk_bleda
    @turk_bleda 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    "Go home to where ?" Did you have a home in America while you were at boat?

  • @hazeltheawesomenut
    @hazeltheawesomenut 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love her diction. It sounds beautiful.

  • @seohanoi
    @seohanoi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    rất xúc động và khâm phục câu chuyện của chị, hy vọng trong tương lai chị có thể sẽ chia sẻ và hỗ trợ các bạn trẻ trong nước...

  • @MrAlexBui
    @MrAlexBui 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I haven't read all the comments... but I seriously cannot understand why there are so many dislikes on this video. This is one of the most emotional and best stories told!

  • @SunBeamsan
    @SunBeamsan 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some men take their anti-feminism a bit too strong. She didn't even talk about why women deserve more rights or anything like that, she just talked about her struggles as a refugee from a war torn country.

  • @jimng6502
    @jimng6502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She is one of lucky ones who has enough to money to buy the way for escaping. There were lots of people back then who faced much severe political punishment but did not have the money to pay for escaping.

  • @reggiemalone7052
    @reggiemalone7052 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    what an incredibly strong woman

  • @lector620
    @lector620 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    so inspiring and humbling we take privilege for granted and have no idea what it really is
    what a great story

  • @hrithuraj8159
    @hrithuraj8159 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Calicut University AEC 🤚

  • @davidmalone3317
    @davidmalone3317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She speaks beautiful and eloquently.From the heart.That resonates with people from all walks of life.Bless you.

  • @theprofessor101
    @theprofessor101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Where can I buy this truly remarkable jigsaw puzzle?

  • @thatsmile8033
    @thatsmile8033 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Very moving and so well spoken

  • @nachoijp
    @nachoijp 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ZOMG!!! this is the same women ho talked about the mind reading headset!! she's so effing awesome!!

  • @QVan-ox2zt
    @QVan-ox2zt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think this is a normal story but told beautifully.

  • @Minecraftmom86
    @Minecraftmom86 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Such an amazing life. Thank you!

  • @cherryvo7876
    @cherryvo7876 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Be there talking about your personal story... no matter there may be some well preparation or not. Can you do the same things like her to walk on stage and share your story? Think about that
    Nice talk-

  • @frunchzz
    @frunchzz 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The TED subscriber-base is pretty goddamn obnoxious.

  • @rachelwan-art
    @rachelwan-art 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At first when I heard her speak, I thought she was an author of some book. When she tells her story it felt like I was reading the beginnings of Memoirs of a Geisha. Right now, I feel like a brat who had life easy.

  • @xxxlbrock
    @xxxlbrock 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    a noble and strong daughter,a noble and strong mother and a noble and strong grandmother. peace and love. =-)

  • @tonynguyen36
    @tonynguyen36 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Make me cry 😢 I’m one of the people who live in that time. Freedom was a very high price to pay.

  • @mariorazo4154
    @mariorazo4154 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    someone give me a summary for my homework

  • @abdullatheeflatheef2612
    @abdullatheeflatheef2612 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Any 2024 aec😂😢

  • @frethis555
    @frethis555 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "In all its parts, the most basic purpose of the 1924 Immigration Act was to preserve the ideal of American homogeneity."

  • @atNguyen-uw3ku
    @atNguyen-uw3ku 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    very gutted for this
    woman

  • @limelightaza
    @limelightaza 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this almost made my cry, so powerful!

  • @benbow7998
    @benbow7998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I watch this many times and each time I broke into tears
    It broke my heart at how an Asian girl like so many today against all odd and triumph

  • @drissaudia1323
    @drissaudia1323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Beautiful story Tan...knowing you & your family it’s even more personable. Congratulations on your success, your mother must be very proud. As my mother just recently passed last week, your story very similar to ours as boat refugees is ever more important for the sacrifices our mothers made for us. 🙏♥️

  • @MGsven
    @MGsven 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow, such a sexist. and she doesnt give any respect to the men in their life, who all died much younger then the women, also the mandarin wasnt harming her mom at all, the was her mother in law. ted, why u no let women with real achievements talk more?

  • @renatlottiepilled
    @renatlottiepilled 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome story however i think TEDxWomen is a sexist concept if you ask me, why do they have to have an special kind of TED talks that's why i'm going to dislike this

  • @vungphouc8683
    @vungphouc8683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so strong!!!... AND
    HAPPY WOMENS DAY

  • @Ashwinswarup
    @Ashwinswarup 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    GAWD !!!!! TED = Technology, Entertainment and Design ........ Where the hell is any one of them in this ????????????? Its a sob story .....More tech ...less sob stories..

  • @canadianqueen76
    @canadianqueen76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Her story is very touching with all the pieces of the puzzle coming together.

  • @eatcarpet
    @eatcarpet 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @ThePeacefulAtheistt What's really sexist is that women typically get worse treatment in most societies. Please think before you post.

  • @AboothalhaSarbas-b5c
    @AboothalhaSarbas-b5c หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi

  • @salahhe
    @salahhe 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    An emotional story but I fail to see what the point is.

  • @salsabluetrane
    @salsabluetrane 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    what a beautiful story. tan le's presentation is so powerful and eloquent.

  • @hoomanbean8689
    @hoomanbean8689 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm not crying, you're crying.

  • @extion
    @extion 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I flagged this video for sexual content without nudity. That's what you are, TED women, and nothing more.

  • @janicezeno1070
    @janicezeno1070 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    She shared her story well and graciously. ...♥

  • @simongrant3316
    @simongrant3316 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are amazing, like dang. We have a school report on immigration to Australia, choosing you.

  • @Morganix01
    @Morganix01 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Talk about sickening after seeing some of the unbelieveably sexist and ignorant comments on this video.

  • @deborahlaudani4399
    @deborahlaudani4399 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    someone could make a brief of this story, putting every important informations for an homework?
    thanks

  • @experimentjon
    @experimentjon 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Didn't think I'd like this speech, but it was fantastically written and delivered. No idea why there are so many dislikes on it...obviously from people who didn't watch the whole thing.

  • @eatcarpet
    @eatcarpet 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @greycloud24 Blah blah blah, whine whine whine. If you don't like it then unsubscribe.

  • @Woke365
    @Woke365 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Immigrants.

  • @stevelam7390
    @stevelam7390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well educated girl

  • @evageline01
    @evageline01 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why are their so many dislikes? This is a great speech!

  • @HennaHenna-k3n
    @HennaHenna-k3n หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    😒

  • @DinojCD
    @DinojCD ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A truly inspiring story for all... Best wishes Tan Le ..!!!!

  • @colorfuldays921
    @colorfuldays921 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful..and my gosh I shouldn't have chopped onions

  • @stevelam7390
    @stevelam7390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gorgeous girl

  • @verticalsmurf
    @verticalsmurf 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don't doubt her, but she speaks as though she has spent some time in a London finishing school.

    • @thomasdewitt4423
      @thomasdewitt4423 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Maggie x Not really. She is a bit posh though.

    • @verticalsmurf
      @verticalsmurf 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Thomas Dewitt Can't fault her for that.

    • @missjoblue7992
      @missjoblue7992 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is a very posh Australian accent

  • @missUn1verse81
    @missUn1verse81 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best TED talk I'd ever viewed.

  • @siddu494
    @siddu494 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey every person struggles one way or the other but those who withstand it all truly deserves to live...

  • @CarmelaPena
    @CarmelaPena 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing. I just cried, this is real and inspirational.

  • @manhcuongto1635
    @manhcuongto1635 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    great

  • @pfmrokman
    @pfmrokman 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @eatcarpet
    Imagine if a man spoke to you the way you just commented?

  • @dark4krad
    @dark4krad 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was a touching story! :')

  • @saznbabigurl
    @saznbabigurl 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Imagine the comments if it was a man telling this story.............
    exactly why we need TEDxWomen.

  • @HiAdrian
    @HiAdrian 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @ThePeacefulAtheistt Well, considering the comments, i think a TEDxWomen may not be such a bad idea. It just needs to broadcast on a different channel. I for one didn't subscribe for content of this kind.

  • @DJLilWang
    @DJLilWang 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is no need to make this about race and fill it with hatred. This is a story of struggles-to-triumph. Please consider this before you post nasty comments.

  • @sannini1366
    @sannini1366 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What were the biggest fears on the boat?

  • @500gbps
    @500gbps 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    she sounds like straight out of a Starcraft video game story mode

  • @GeekProdigyGuy
    @GeekProdigyGuy 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @cosmothechihuahuadog TEDxGenderEquality isn't quite as catchy, and let's face it, men face less discrimination overall in the global scheme of things. You don't often see men getting raped, then hung for committing the crime of adultery. Or taken as the husbands of 30 year old men at age 15. Or denied a job for the sole reason of being a man. And so on...

  • @somethought
    @somethought 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WOW. That TED talk was so beautiful and so real.

  • @shafikgeorgeskhouzam5810
    @shafikgeorgeskhouzam5810 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing your life, I always admired you for your achievement without knowing your immigration story but now my admiration go beyond your product. You and your family are beautiful souls. God bless you all.

  • @killacouknow
    @killacouknow 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @evageline01 Yea but like I said the story is not about the plight of women or immigrants, its really just about her. The narrative in which she goes on in 3rd person about herself make it hard to have sympathy, it comes across as arrogant.. I would have been better if it were solely about her mom or grandmother. Just because a female immigrant is talking about struggles don't make it inspiring, especially the way it was told.

  • @AUSSIEDAVEROCKS
    @AUSSIEDAVEROCKS 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's quite obvious that her mother worked long hours to send her daughter to a private school for her education. Public schools in Australia started following US teaching practices in the mid-late 1980's and grammar levels dropped dramatically. Only the private schools were able to keep grammar as an educational priority. Tan Le has the cultivated Australian accent which she would have picked up at a private college, because they aren't commonly found in working class areas.

  • @MMX3SE
    @MMX3SE 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    why is there a TEDxWomen? why not just have 1 TED with lots of women talking there??? Does TED segregate women or do women segregate themselves by making a TEDxWomen?? why do people base so many things on Gender... there used to be a lot of cool women with cool topics on TED...

  • @symbolt
    @symbolt 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @ThePeacefulAtheistt I think this is because women can still be considered a minority (their majority in numbers nothwithstanding) and things like these give them a voice. Well as a supporter of all people, I almost said "give US a voice," as people, my gonads nothwithstanding.

  • @buavien518
    @buavien518 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    someone from VietNam doesn't like her voice, it's ok, but how's about her story ? i think it was true. How could your voice funny when you told your sad story like that?

  • @AcceptSolitude
    @AcceptSolitude 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @cosmothechihuahuadog they need special ted talks for women because women are uncontrollable bags of emotion? no seriously though, just have her give the talk at ted at least and get rid of that stupid section of sob stories known as TEDxWomen

  • @killacouknow
    @killacouknow 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @buzzin1975 as a man that lives in Vietnam that is not 100% white, let me tell Vietnamese and most Asians LOVE white people. They forget all about agent orange, family traditions once they marry a white person.

  • @accordeonist
    @accordeonist 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I felt her prose and inflections were unbearable. On top of that her exaggerated accent on top of her appearance exuded a phony sting. I was not able to focus on her message because I was mildly annoyed right from the start.

  • @TheViPRO
    @TheViPRO 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @M0ebius no, in the case of beginning of America, it was almost virgin land. Immigrants usually come into most urbanized cities and automatically create a segregation (and many social problems as a consequence) among society even if they do not want. I am also Asian and know how to be among another ethnics, among minors, this is mentally suppressed! If everyone leaves their home-land which will be the consequences for the whole Globe? Inequality? Loosing identity? etc.

  • @_fan_i_oslo
    @_fan_i_oslo 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    almost asian families who immigrant to other countries have the same story. nothing about males or females. know the Asia, know the country, know the situation.

  • @hoannguyenthien2496
    @hoannguyenthien2496 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why Do you say China Sea? This is East sea understand!!! It is Vietnamese sea understand