“After this I go to work at a pizza shop. My wife and I were college professors in Bangladesh. I taught accounting. But one dollar in America becomes eighty dollars when we send it back home.”
People forget, when immigrants come to this country they start from scratch. They could have been lawyers in their home country, but in the US..it means nothing. You think a HS diploma from Bangladesh means anything in this country? My mom was a top student in the country, went to all the best school and got the best of everything…but when she got here it meant squat and she was cleaning other people’s homes and scrubbing their toilets. This is why I get pissed of when people talk smack about immigrants. They at least are doing something…..heading for a goal..making sacrifices…what are you doing with your life?
^ My parents were college-educated teachers in their home country and came to the U.S. with nothing but empty pockets, a dash of hope, and a belief in God. They also scrubbed toilets in people’s homes to make enough to provide for their children, and that’s probably not something a lot of educated professionals would be able to do. I know I wouldn’t be able to do it. Pride would get in the way.
THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT.
Shoutout to my parents
and you know, shout out to our im/migrant parents who were not college educated before they came to the U.S and don’t share a narrative of going from “riches to rags.” shout out to my im/migrant parents who were laborers at home and are still laborers here.
i think it’s important to honor the complexities of our parents histories and uplift their triumphs but let’s remember to do so in a way that honors all of the ways im/migrants exist and all of the places we and our parents come from. we don’t have to prove that capitalism, white supremacy, classism, etc is awful because our parents were once revered college professors or doctors. we don’t have to believe in that assimilation.
This week’s ONE PIECE cover is a complete TRIBUTE for NARUTO.
Luffy is eating with Naruto and they both exchange their typical foods (Luffy is eating Ramen and Naruto is eating the classic meat). We can see Nami dressed with Akatsuki clothes, a Naruto in the fox’s clothes, and a HIDDEN MESSAGE in the background papers: “THANK YOU FOR NARUTO, GREAT JOB”. Also, in the logo we can see Naruto instead of Luffy and Konoha’s symbol. This is absolutely awesome. I cry. Incredible Eiichiro Oda. Today is a special day for every manga lover.
Hey, everyone! Christmas is coming up soon and I wanted to do something special for you guys, so I’m doing a Potter themed giveaway! As some of you know, I work in Diagon Alley and I love all things Potter, so I want to share that love with you guys for the holidays! :)
RULES
You do not have to be following me
1 like and 1 reblog only. Reblogging multiple times will not make your chances better, it just changes your entry number
You must like and/or reblog before 9pm EST on December 10th. That is the date when I will pick the winner and the runner ups.
You must be okay with giving someone on the internet your address
If the winner does not reply within 24 hours, someone else will be contacted
There will be one winner and two runner ups. I will be using random.org to choose all winners.
So I finally have a smartphone again and when I go to sync my phone with my Google account…. it put all of these old photos I had of my ex back onto my phone… and now I don’t know how to get rid of them. Like seriously, what even…
“a diagram showing internal correlations and their external consequences marked out by key figures of thought balancing between reflecting and representing symbols of power affected by the structures of human experience and the various forms of interpretation.”
