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Julissa Arce on why success isn’t worth her assimilation

How to Be a Better Human

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What Do You Think About the American Dream?

When people talk about the American dream, what do you think that they are imagining when they say a phrase like that? I think it depends who's saying it, the people who still really believe in the American dream are immigrants. That's why we continue to leave our families, our land, our food, our heritage, our culture behind and come to this country that often doesn't welcome us. For my parents, for them, the American dream was really about financial success and financial stability. It still means sort of like the house with the white picket fence and the family.

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