“Good” Immigrants
<p>Igrew up in a suburb on the north shore of Lake Michigan in Illinois during the 1970s and 80s that was much like the one in the movie that <em>Breakfast Club</em> was based on. The median income of my first high school , New Trier, today stands at an astonishing $178,581<a href="https://digitaleffie.medium.com/good-immigrants-6c5d8548d9f7#_ftn1" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">[1]</a>, more than double the median income of the rest of Illinois. However, I grew up on the ‘wrong side’ of the tracks if there could even be one in such a wealthy area. Basically I was solidly middle class and our neighbors were other immigrant families; Russian jews, Korean immigrants, and even one black family from Haiti. I was surrounded by other 1st generation kids who were taught that education was your ticket out of stigma and potential social status. Let’s just say we stood out, and my dad REALLY stood out.</p>
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