American - Author | September 27, 1981 -
Birthright citizenship in America is part of something larger: The American longing to sever from history, to be a place of new beginnings.
Anand Giridharadas
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My hairstyle is not common in India, where my parents come from.
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To spend time in Silicon Valley in a year of political upheaval is, on one level, soothing. It is pleasant to hear talk of wearables, walled gardens, and disruptive beverages in between updates about mass deportation.
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America has two clear tiers of workers: contractors and employees. The former have few regulatory protections; the latter have many.
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America has deep, fundamental institutions that take a long time to replicate.
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IT put India on the map of the world and told Indians that they are somebody in the world. There is something about technology that is very empowering: 'We are designing software for the best companies in the world.'
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The burden of citizenship is accepting that what is neither your fault nor your responsibility may be your problem.
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Language is one of the only things that we truly share, and I sometimes used this joint inheritance to obfuscate and deflect and justify myself: to re-brand what was good for me as something appearing good for us both, when I threw around terms like 'the sharing economy' and 'disruption' and 'global resourcing.'
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When it comes to granting unconditional birthright citizenship, the United States and Canada are alone in the industrialized world: North American exceptionalism, you can call it.
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Taking offense is, in fact, one of the few things that brings us together.
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If you think America is great, remember that every person telling you otherwise may carry a clue to making it greater.
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For our family, learning was everything. Homework came first; books, being sacred, were never to be left on the floor.
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