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Two Worlds: What We Wish We Knew Growing Up
Thank you for joining us to read Two What We Wish We Knew Growing Up. Through our own experiences and those of our peers, we decided to create a guidebook for the children of immigrants. No matter which background their parents are from, immigrant children face unique challenges and circumstances. This book has been authored by an immensely talented group of individuals from a wide array of cultural backgrounds. We hope that our stories and experiences serve as a guiding hand for future generations of immigrant children.
201 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 13, 2020
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November 1, 2020
An anthology of great depth and breadth, full of live and perspective
I am grateful to have read this. It is rare to see anthologies of such width of experience covering the American immigrant experience, particularly from an early 21st century context. Given my own background, I found a lot of the matters covered in the book extremely relatable at best, and exceptionally intriguing at worst. I do wish that the organisers did go to extra work to find immigrants who were not only from the state of Georgia, and I also think it would have been nicer if the book remained true to colour and remained centered on the South Asian American experience. Such a decision would have made the book provide a lot more depth in its given subject matter. Instead the decision to include Latinos, Eastern Europeans, and Chinese experiences made the essays of such backgrounds feel superficial. I also would have liked to see more queer and artist representation.
But overall we need more books like this, and as a start it is a good one. I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about American diasporas, and those who identify with them, too.
I am grateful to have read this. It is rare to see anthologies of such width of experience covering the American immigrant experience, particularly from an early 21st century context. Given my own background, I found a lot of the matters covered in the book extremely relatable at best, and exceptionally intriguing at worst. I do wish that the organisers did go to extra work to find immigrants who were not only from the state of Georgia, and I also think it would have been nicer if the book remained true to colour and remained centered on the South Asian American experience. Such a decision would have made the book provide a lot more depth in its given subject matter. Instead the decision to include Latinos, Eastern Europeans, and Chinese experiences made the essays of such backgrounds feel superficial. I also would have liked to see more queer and artist representation.
But overall we need more books like this, and as a start it is a good one. I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about American diasporas, and those who identify with them, too.
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