[AMERICANS] The heat is on in Saigon

The girls are hotter 'n' hell

One of these slits here will be Miss Saigon

God, the tension is high,

not to mention the smell

The heat is on in Saigon

Is there a war going on?

Don't ask, I ain't gonna tell

[Two friends, CHRIS and JOHN, are among the Marines. JOHN is with one of the girls]

[ENGINEER] Ah, Monsieur Chris! Monsieur John! You've come to win Miss Saigon

[JOHN] I gotta get my friend laid as a last souvenir

[CHRIS] I love you, pal, but your bullshit

I've had up to here

[ENGINEER, CHRIS AND JOHN]

The heat is on in Saigon

[JOHN] But 'til they tell us we're gone I'm gonna buy you a girl

[CHRIS] You can buy me a beer

[The girls leave the men and move onto the stage]

[MIMI] See my bikini, it's just the right size

[YVETTE] Don't you enjoy how it rides up my thighs?

Look from behind, it'll knock out your eyes

[YVONNE] I'll show you: my special trophy of war

[MIMI] For a Marine, I'll show more

[AMERICANS] You won't get up off the floor

The heat is on in Saigon

Don't tell me I'm reassigned, all that chickenshit sucks

Tonight I'm out of my mind, not to mention ten bucks

[GIGI] If I'm your pin-up, I'll melt all your brass Stuck on your wall, with a pin in my ass If you get me, you will travel first class I'll show you, we will make magic, cheri

[ENGINEER]

You buy more tickets from me 
The winner gets her for free
[CHRIS]

The meat is cheap in Saigon

I used to love getting stoned, waking up with some whore

I don't know why I went dead, it's not fun anymore

[KIM] I'm seventeen, and I'm new here today

The village I come from seems so far away

All of the girls know much more what to say

But I know I have a heart like the sea

A million dreams are in me

[CHRIS] Good Jesus, John, who is she?

[AMERICANS AND CROWD]

The Cong is tight'ning the noose

Is it a week or a day or an hour that we got?

Tonight could be our last shot got to put it to use

I got a fever babe and you’re gonna catch it

I got an itch and baby you’re gonna scratch it

[The GIRLS come off the stage and mingle.]

[ALL, INCLUDING GIRLS]

Tonight I bet that you and I will get along

Forget about the threat, forget the Viet-Cong

[ALL MEN]

Mimi, Gigi, Yvette or Yvonne

Gonna buy me a beer, and elect Miss Saigon

[The ENGINEER holds the election by holding his hand over each girl's head for applause. When KIM is judged, CHRIS claps loudly, which makes her notice him.]

[ENGINEER] Yvonne, Yvette, Mimi, Kim, Gigi

[GIGI wins]

[ENGINEER] Attention, s'il vous plait!

By popular demand

Miss Gigi Van Tranh

Is elected Miss Saigon!

[The ENGINEER puts a cheap tiara on GIGI and a ribbon which says "Miss Saigon".]

[AMERICANS]

The heat is on in Saigon

And things are not going well

But still at midnight, the party goes on

A good-bye party in hell

[ENGINEER]

And now who wins this pussycat?

[The ENGINEER holds a bowl; GIGI picks up a ticket.]

[GIGI]

Number 66!

What do you think?​

• Anti-racist is a positive term that describes people who actively work

to understand, explain, and solve racial inequity and injustice.

• Unlike racist or anti-racist, there is no consistent definition for “not

racist.” A movement or idea can be described as racist or anti-racist

but labeling something as “not racist” conveys a defensive and

equivocal posture.

• Racist and antiracist are not permanent identities—they “are like

peelable name tags that are placed or replaced based on what

someone is doing or not doing, supporting or expressing in each

moment.”

Reference: National Museum of African American History and Culture. Being Antiracist [September 20, 2020]

Kendi, I.X., How to Be an Antiracist. 2019: Random House Publishing Group.

toward people in minoritized/stigmatized/marginalized groups throughout their lives​.

•“In the eyes and mind of our people, the Duwamish Tribe does exist. We are extremely disappointed – yet again – in the BIA's dehumanizing decision to do away with our existence according to the rulings that were made in the past.” Cecile Hanson, Duwamish Tribe Chairwoman

•2021- Duwamish still continue to fight for restoration of their federal recognition.

FINDINGS:​

 

“Can y’all talk about dismantling white supremacy so that minoritized groups don’t have to form bonds through their collective trauma inflicted by white people and we can all just live our freaking lives? Make that trend.”​

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“In particular, courts seem to think that race discrimination was what happened to all Black people across gender and sex discrimination was what happened to all women, and if that is your framework, of course, what happens to Black women and other women of color is going to be difficult to see.”                                        –Kimberlé Crenshaw  ​

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SOURCE:  Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice: A Sourcebook, edited by Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell, and Pat Griffin (Routledge, 1997).​

Thinking and acting in ways that support the system of racism. Both Whites and People of Color can collude with racism through their attitudes, beliefs and (in)actions.​

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Resources - Resources, broadly defined (money, time, etc.), are unequally in the hands and under the control of white people. ​

Standards  ​

Misnaming the problem​

Racism is not only an individual ideology but an entire system of behaviors, ideas, practices, conditions, structures, policies and processes that maintain racial advantage.

2: the oppression and discrimination resulting from the overlap of an individual’s various social identities. 

Source: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/intersectionality