Thanks for sharing, Michael. I enjoyed reading the piece and I pretty much agree with the writer's sentiments. I will only repeat the cliche: America is a land of immigrants. In my middle passage, after three decades in America I have come to believe that part of eliminating the othering of the immigrant of color is for me to stop othering myself. I am no longer the other. I am an American. It is what it is. America is a land of immigrants. I am here. I am not leaving. And my children will not be hyphenated. They are Americans. SO there.
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Here is a beautiful piece written by Olufemi Taiwo of Seattle University in today's "The Chronicle of Higher Education." Whether you share everything in the write-up or not is immaterial; it's a well-written opinion every immigrant to the Americas must read. Enjoy! Here is the link: http://chronicle.com/article/What-Immigrants-Bring-to/139649/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
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