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When your parents' political loyalty conflicts with their lived experience of discrimination

My immigrant parents sacrificed everything for this country and I can't understand how they still support politicians who don't want people like us here.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Generational trauma and gratitude can create political allegiances that seem to contradict self-interest.

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“Where Are You with Political identity across cultures?”

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