RE: The Immigration Conundrum
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Ok, I am going to lighten this up a bit but still staying on message. I like Trevor and I adore that he and I are both immigrants!
My dad was an immigrant to India. I am an immigrant to the US; I am hoping my daughter will maintain the family tradition and will immigrate to Kenya or wherever the hell she wants :)
PS. I should clarify, my dad, he is long gone, was a refugee in India. He always made that distinction when I was alive, so I shouldn’t alter his pride :)
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Thank you! I laughed out loud when the "African" dropped the baby :)). This guy is great. I don't listen to him but I guess I will now.
As far as treasuring immigrant heritage: I have embarrassed myself in public by stopping when I heard the Sicilian language spoken. I have chatted with the person who was speaking because I felt a sense of kinship. I was born in this country and my mother was born in this country, but her brothers and sisters were not and they spoke Sicilian to her (no not Italian, Sicilian). I miss them, I miss the language, and I miss the culture.
I love my country, the USA, passionately, but I also love my heritage.
Good luck to your kids, wherever they go. And my kids. Our heritage is not one thing.
Thanks again for the chuckle.
Exactly. I feel the same way like Trevor! Why can’t I both. I am 100% American, this is where I went to school and this is where I did my job and still do. But I am also a 100% Indian :)
Oh! Trevor does not do Daily show anymore. John Stewart does it. He is also very good but his style is different. That is one place to consume daily news by the way :)
Also if you haven’t read Born a Crime, I highly recommend it
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_a_Crime