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I grew up in an immigrant neighborhood. We just knew the rule was you're going to have to work twice...

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Let me put it this way. Canada is not so much a country as a holding tank filled with the disgruntle...

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Needless to say, there are people who hate Arabs, Somalis, and other immigrants from predominantly M...

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Am I then more of an American than those who drew their first breath on American Ground?

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Alexander HamiltonThe Essential Hamilton: Letters & Other Writings

Am I then more of an American than those who drew their first breath on American Ground?

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Alexander HamiltonThe Essential Hamilton: Letters & Other Writings

You could have just said Ngozi is your tribal name and Ifemelu is your jungle name and throw in one ...

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One day, I will look up and all the people I know will be dead or abroad.

The truth is, immigrants tend to be more American than people born here.

Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant.

Poor Father, I see his final exploration. He arrives at the new place, his hair risen in astonishmen...

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The immigrant artist shares with all other artists the desire to interpret and possibly remake his o...

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Edwidge DanticatCreate Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work