All immigrants learn that when they are involved in local politics, they understand the country better and become much more assimilated. - - Donna Poisl
by Booyeon Han, Special for the Republic
One day, the brother of my childhood friend Megan asked her, "Megan, why are you playing with that Chinese girl?" At age 7, I was confused because I was Korean, not Chinese. Moreover, why should my friend not invite me to her house?
That was some time ago while growing up in Arizona. Today, I'm a student at Princeton University, where I have discovered an overwhelming population of Asian-Americans -17.7 percent of the freshman class alone.
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