In the new book, 'The Good Immigrant,' up-and-coming writers, journalists, and artists share personal stories that grapple with a country increasingly polarized over immigration.
"For me the good immigrant was staying true to family, to what my parents wanted me to be," said novelist Nicole Dennis-Benn."That promise, that American dream that they sold to me."
"Chi-Chi, the Nigerian in the group, made a clucking noise and said, 'You can't be serious,'" Dennis-Benn writes."'If you want English, then what you doing here?' She emphasized 'here' to remind me that I was taking my opportunity for granted, that we were students at one of the most competitive schools for pre-med in the country, that any first-generation immigrant with the weight of her family on her back would kill to take my spot."and others.
"I really feel like I looked out into the world outside of my doors and just saw a world that had no use for bilingualism. That had no use for Latino culture," Older said.Older says he resisted learning Spanish, the language his mother spoke growing up in Cuba because he wanted to seem more American.
All of the contributors I talked to say it's important to write about these issues now. Because the Trump presidency has brought immigration to the forefront of national debate. And it has brought anti-immigrant bias out into the open.
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