Big Quote by Hasan Minhaj

Parents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.

— Margaret Mead

When you're an immigrant family, the upbringing, the mentality and the opportunities are all different.

— Kelvin Gastelum

My parents are immigrants to this country. They came to this country for a better opportunity just like everyone else.

— Amine

My parents are both immigrants, and we traveled a lot.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

I think the biggest difference is that I've noticed Western parents seem much more concerned about their children's psyches, their self-esteem, whereas tough immigrant…

— Amy Chua

“Immigrant parents, when they first move to North America, push towards whiteness, towards assimilation, to survive and thrive. Naturally, their children do too for…

— Scaachi Koul

My parents were migrants and I experienced first hand the challenges they had to overcome. If they hadn't decided to seek a better life…

— Kalidou Koulibaly

Obviously there are many, many ways of being an outsider, but having immigrant parents is one of them. For one thing, it makes you…

— Elif Batuman

There's nothing more true in being a child of a diaspora, a child of immigrants. We're completely new to our parents. We're not something…

— Junot Diaz

When I think of my work, I'm aware that I'm American and African at all points and times. And without a doubt, my experience…

— Dinaw Mengestu

I think being an immigrant makes me overly optimistic.

— Ilhan Omar

I think my parents, being immigrants, wanted us to try new things. They would never be the ones to be like, 'Just focus on…

— Iman Vellani