The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You
Because there is no native as judgmental of rule-breakers as a former refugee.
Dina Nayeri • The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You
A lasting, progressive kind of assimilation requires reciprocation. It is mutual and humble and intertwined with multiculturalism, never at odds with it. It is about allowing newcomers to affect you on your native soil, to change you.
Dina Nayeri • The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You
Not sure i agree and if i do i would use different word
Later I would see that my mother’s broken English was far more beautiful than my perfect one. She had a strong voice, writers would say. ‘I got no wave’ is so much more evocative than ‘My phone isn’t getting reception’.
Dina Nayeri • The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You
To some, help must always come with a slap on the wrist.
Dina Nayeri • The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You
As for volunteers, even the most good-hearted want to feel thanked. They have come for that silent look of admiration that’s free to most, but so costly if you’re tapped for gratitude by everyone you meet.