Father Quote by Luis Alberto Urrea

Both my parents came into the United States from Mexico.

— Cain Velasquez

My grandparents bowed to the Americans and sought to learn from them. My parents sought to be them.

— Alex Tizon

My parents raised my brother and me with two cultures, American and Spanish, and I feel a true sense of belonging to both.

— Hilaria Baldwin

On my mom's side I'm Mexican, and my dad is a white dude.

— Tyler Posey

When I was a young child, my parents came to America in search of a better life for them and their family.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.

— Uzo Aduba

My parents did not want us to lose our culture and our language. And that was a good thing.

— Jose Feliciano

I'm an immigrant kid who came to America from India when I was very young and grew up in New York City with a…

— Padma Lakshmi

Throughout most of my life, I've tried to downplay my Chinese heritage because I wanted so much to be an American. I was the…

— Tess Gerritsen

The America I was born and raised in intersected with people of all ethnicities and beliefs and that, coupled with my parents' instilling of…

— Sunny Jain

I think people couldn't really put me in [one race]. I wasn't Mexican, I wasn't white, I wasn't black, I wasn't Asian... I wasn't…

— Jessica Alba

My parents weren't cultured people.

— Marcel Wanders