Too American, Never American Enough

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

20 minutes

External Cost

No

Source

Alzoubi, H. (March 14, 2021). Too American, never American enough: How growing up as the "whitewashed" daughter of immigrants helped me to find myself. Medium. https://medium.com/@hannazoub/too-american-never-american-enough-952905fc3efe

As a result of reading this text, learners will be able to: 1. Identify some aspects of second generation immigrant experiences, including stereotyping, cultural marginalization or rejection, and multicultural identity development. 2. Empathize with the perspective of children of immigrants in the US. 3. Reflect on their own experiences that resonate with the narrative (for example, being stereotyped or rejected, or coming to greater cultural self-awareness).