Posted on Mar 20, 2021
'A Beginner's Guide To America' Shows Us The States Through New Eyes
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Poet Roya Hakakian was a teenager when she came to the United States from Iran. In A Beginner's Guide to America, she describes what it's like to step off a long airplane flight, move through glaringly bright passageways, and stand in line with most of your possessions in your hands, seeing the American flag pins on the lapels of the TSA officers — all with names like Sanchez, McWilliams and Cho, and "by God, all of them Americans."
'A Beginner's Guide To America' Shows Us The States Through New Eyes
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Very astute words from this young lady! Maybe she should speak to Congress and share her wisdom... imho
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Cool article. With all the heated rhetoric lately, we are losing sight of the fundamental truth that the USA is almost certainly the most inclusive society in the history of the world. The immigrants and potential immigrants understand that even if we no longer do.
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Looks like a great book to read and get someone else's perspective thru their eyes shipmate PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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