“I'm here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans and as one of millions of volunteers working to re-elect President Obama!” PersonsHelpingPresidentMillionsStudentsCollegeActressesAfrican AmericanIslandsImmigrantsPresident ObamaVolunteerLoanStudent LoanGranddaughterGrand DaughterEllis Island Author:Kerry Washington
“My dad was an immigrant kid and a Democrat and a Jew, and we didn't know any Republicans in our group. So I grew up Democratic. My dad was a labor lawyer - a very hardworking guy, a one-horse labor lawyer - and then I went to hippie college and lived in the bubble.” KnowsKidsGuyGroupsCollegeGrewDadRepublicanGrew UpLaborHorseDemocraticDemocratMy DadJewLawyerImmigrantsBubblesHippieHardworking Author:David Mamet
“I both loved and hated South Pasadena. On the one hand, it was so diverse - all my closest friends were immigrants or had immigrant parents. On the other hand, it was a bit conservative - in a sort of wholesome, Midwestern, small-town sense. I never met a single writer until I moved to New York City for college.” HandsBitsParentCitiesNew YorkCollegeMetsTownsMovedSouthConservativeHatedImmigrantsNew York CityDiverseClosestSmall TownClosest FriendsImmigrant ParentsPasadena Author:Porochista Khakpour
“Your fear that your parents will actually kill you for dropping out of college is something that I think a lot of children of immigrants would maybe relate to.” ThinkingChildrenParentCollegeRelateImmigrantsDroppingDropping Out Author:Mindy Kaling
“I spent the '80s in the Soviet Union and when I came to America it was '89 and I was in an immigrant bubble and we didn't have MTV or cable, so I kind of discovered the '80s when I was already older, maybe in college. And I continued to have this romantic obsession with all those films and there's this sound I hear in my head and it's kind of this bittersweet romantic, dark sound.” KindAmericaFilmSoundDarkCollegeUnionsObsessionImmigrantsSovietBubblesSoviet Union80sCablesBittersweetMtv Author:Regina Spektor