No one wants to hear your heritage
Macy Willett, Knoxville, TN Yes, I do have a heritage. Yes, I am also white. While I celebrate the unique backgrounds of my friends and...
First Generation means second is mediocre
Jonna Marie Mallillin Alameda, CA “First generation means second is mediocre” explains the stress immigrant parents put on their first generation children. People who immigrate...
I hate seeing it in people.
Jesse, Edinburg, TX. “What the son wishes to forget, the grandson wishes to remember.” According to Hansen’s Law, the second generation immigrant tends to sever...
“Black Only” Events perpetuate the segregation
Giovanna, Atlanta, GA. I am a second generation American Jew (meaning none of my family members ever owned another human being) I was raised to...
Am I Hispanic enough to ‘count’?
Alix Sotomayor, Boone, NC. I have always felt suspended between two worlds, since my ethnicity is widely varied (like that of most Americans). I am...
