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Immigration In America (Ocean Vuong and Hasan Minhaj shared the story of…

- - - - promote an "immigrant narrative of American instead of a nativist narrative.
        
        The interview talk about his correspondents dinner speech
        
        "When one of you messes up, [trump will] blame the whole batch, and now you know what it feels like to be a minority.
        "you have to do twice the work for half the credit and can't make any mistake."
        
        Minhaj wanted journalists (mostly white) to empathize with minority and immigrant who doesn't have it easy in America.
        
        Minhaj use his platform to fight for immigrant
  - - - male is know to have the power or dominance in society
      - Vuong's mother 's experience similar to many immigrant who came from a place of war or danger to seek safety.
  - - - In this interview, Vuong stated that "war interrupted education."
        Vuong "write their history as a way of keeping these stories alive."
        
        This shows that education is significant in one's
    - - Minhaj recalled the 911 attack in his show and his father reaction and acknowledge that "like a lot of immigrants, he feels like if you come to this country, you have to pay the American dream tax," which is to endurance racism."
        
        Minhaj disagrees with his father's perspective on what's it's like to be an immigrant/ American. He "has the audacity of equality"
      - Minhaj and Vuong have experienced racism and inequality as an immigrant in America.
        
        Minhaj highlight his prom story and how his prom date's white parent turn him away. They don't think he'll "be a good fit" in the prom photo that they will send to their family in Nebraska.
        
        This illustrate racism that does't involve violent or direct name-
        
        Vuong witnesses his mother getting emotional during his poetry reading because she "never thought [she'd ] live to see so many old white people clapping for [her] son." she didn't understand until he visits the nail salon and watched as his mother "knelt, head bent, washing the feet of one old white women after anohter
        
        Vuong at a young age recognize and understand the inequality as an immigrant and the dominant power white people have over
      - Vuong's generational difference was between him and his mother. Vuong's mother say"I don't need to read...it's gotten me this far, hasn't it?" Vuong know the important of education .
        
        pride plays a significant part in older generation.
    - - Hasan Minhaj stand up for his right to be treated equal and
- - - - Pres. Trump's Travel Ban (2017): stop Syrian refugees into America.
        
        Build a wall to prevent Mexican from crossing.
        
        Current Event: threatening to enf the DACA: protects individuals from being deportation.