Stuck In The Middle
Stuck In The Middle Being the first generation of a family born in America seems as if there are unlimited reign, freedom, and limitless possibilities. But kids living as children of immigrants in America know all too well that this is not the case. When your parents come from a country in which they struggled to exit, and are traumatized from war, they want the opposite experience for their children and want them to experience all the best. My parents share a similar story to Thi Bui's, but not nearly as intense from my point of view. My parents were born in a small country in East-Central African called Rwanda. In 1994, the Rwandan genocide began. War broke out all throughout the country, and violence raged throughout the small country. My father, who had left and fled to Indiana prior to the start of the violence due to rising tensions had been safe for nearly a year, but my mother on the other hand moved to Nigeria as a refugee, fortunate to be alive. Both...