First-Generation Americans Talk About The American Dream 

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+Milly S. the irony of that statement though

+DakaONER94 ?

+Victoria Elizabeth no they're not and neither are you lol.

damn it i thought I could beat you. And yeah that's pretty sweet 😊

sachu abniser Thanks Sachu. I love videos like this that always remind me how much my parents did for me to get here... :)

+Graphic Design Guy awe

***** I'm sorry not all stories end up like the one I plan on telling... But I'm glad you leaned as much as you have and as much as you will. I certainly wish you the best of luck in life doing so :)

You really are an awesome person, and so are they. 🤗

+Emma Saeed i'm a middle eastern in canada and i also feel that way about having kids.

+Emma Saeed :( What country do you live in?

+queenapril0009 saudi

+Emma Saeed Good luck, I hope you someday live in a place where you can have a family.

Me too and I live in Thailand. I would never want them to have to go through what I'm going through. I think the system here sucks and I want to move to either Canada or America.

his father is from Jamaica not him

A first generation is someone born in another country and becomes a citizen elsewhere

@@ofimportance5458 nah, my parents are Brazilian and I was born in the US, which makes me a first generation American.

My father immigrated from Yugoslavia. He worked extremely hard throughout his life, facing much discrimination. People sadly think this is a race thing, it’s more of a nationalist thing.

My parents came from Calabria too. though we do go back to visit family when we can. Amen to that, it's like they forget every American other than Natives came from refugees and immigrants.

we just dont like when they mooch on our taxes is all

+Rasengan Did you know that white folks in America are on welfare at a higher rate than any other group? Yeah, thought so.

+Rasengan Actually most Mexicans and Syrians are pretty hard working people. Even Steve Jobs' dad was an Syrian immigrant. Think about it the next time you turn on your iPhone, pal.

Rasengan So what was the point of your response to my comment then? I was saying my parents are immigrants and that Americans should be more accepting of immigrants no matter where they're from.

*gave... Not have

Aw I'm happy for you and your mother 😊

+Yabing Lin So... that makes you a second gen, right? Anyway, she sounds like an awesome person!

***** No, the first gen Americans are naturalized citizens while the second gen are actually native born citizens. I mean, are you telling me that her parents are not American?

+MinuteWithMo That's right. That's exactly what I'm saying. These are all second gen while their parents are actually the first gen

I'm glad someone else caught that too! I was so confused lol

I noticed that too. Maybe her mom is Indian but she lived in Pakistan?

+Deeksha M Her grandparents are from Pune in India, they moved to Zanzibar, then back to Pune, then to Karachi, and the whole family moved from Karachi to Boston. That's why it's so confusing! Her family are Indian Muslims but they lived in Karachi for a few years. She's thinking about doing a vlog about it since it's so complicated haha.

Tiger Dad Comedy haha wow thanks!

+Tiger Dad Comedy finally an ans to this whole confusion . thanks :D

+Faith Fakolujo HAHHAHAHA

He will save this country

the weapons post LOL Yeah right.

Top kek.

+the weapons post Lol, no. He'll cause us to get nuked.

YOU WILL GET THERE! YOU GO SLAY QUEEN!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I hope you've done well these past 6 years

@@visassess8607 thank you, its been really hard but I am doing my best :)

Well it’s been 7 years, R U doctor YET!? 😮

What direction would that be?

+the weapons post East

+64imma Same. Sometimes I just wanna leave so bad, but I'm only 18 and just started college.

ilovesparky13 I'm 20 and I am about to graduate from college. I am not financially independent yet, which is the biggest thing holding me back. The next biggest thing is that if I were to move to a new country, I would not have a decent paying job nor any connections. The country I would most likely move to is Finland (i've even started learning Finnish). I do have an online friend that lives in Finland. If I'm going to move somewhere, I definitely need to have a plan. the weapons post It's kind of complicated to explain, just because in terms of politics, both sides frustrate me. However, the right wing has been more frustrating just because a lot of idiotic things tend to come more so from the right in my opinion.

+64imma if you want to go to Finland more power to you I wish you luck! I'm middle of the line on poetics some times a little more right more right wing. Strictly looking for some one else's opinion what's wrong with the he rights political view in your opinion?

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I live in America too! I don't know what generation I am, we have been here for thousands of years. I don't think it is fair that people are stereotyping us, they don't live here, some spots are good, some towns are not

Luba Mag was you born in usa or Ukraine

+Touching Things If anyone can share some light on this I'm very interested to know

+Touching Things because the American Dream came about during the Great Depression of America everyone had the same dream of having a secure job and lots of money. England has never been hit by a depression as severe as that

Because almost all the people in the UK have been settled there for hundreds if not thousands of years, and their opportunities have always been there.

+Touching Things I think it's because when the British 'discovered' America and started settling there people started moving there hoping for a fresh start and so since the British went there rather than staying in Britian is why is the 'American Dream' But I might be completely wrong

there is; it's tea and crumpets at midday.

+Bethan Chalmers I've always thought Catholic schools were the best (in my experience), although it really depends on the school.

Not only that but it depends on what kind of person you are and how they help you achieve, say if you're badly behaved maybe a private/Catholic school but sometimes state school can be better, I think personally, if you have learning difficulties or have a disability state schools or schools mainly aimed at these area are the best as they are required by the government to look after you

My parents are hard on me too, I have to get all A's in my exams or they will officially disown me. I go to a state school and both my sisters have successfully got into the top two universities, and many from my school do. Private school isn't for everyone and nether is state school, that's merely the point I'm making, just because something is more expensive doesn't mean it's always better.

Bethan Chalmers I agree, depends on the school (private or public). But I think what she said is something to do with the way her parents grew up and probably ideas they've constantly told their kids. Most likely her mom, being Filipino, wanted to send them to private school because in the Philippines, most private schools have better conditions and also, a better status/image (especially if the Filipino parent was poor growing up) ...it's more of a cultural mindset tbh.

People are obsessed with materialistic things, not about inner well-being making them unhappy until their last breath.

Im hispanic i have it easy

i’m hispanic i have it easy

I’m black I have it easy

My mom was born in Vietnam while my grandmother was feeling from communist China to Taiwan in the 50s. She came to the US on her own, and I was born in America. I used to hate being American and ungratefully complained about how horrible the US was, but I'm now extremely appreciative of the opportunities afforded me from this great nation! To me the American dream is having the freedom to carve your individual destiny with numerous tools at your disposal amidst a diverse group of people.

+ForeverStarlight Yea they got wrong.

+ForeverStarlight Your comment should be way higher. Children from immigrant parents are second generation. Dammit Buzzfeed haha

Me too but it was curleys wifes dream , crooks, and george/ lennies dream

I'm gonna have to read that book next year.

whooho. Mice and men book club here.

Did that book in year 9, it was the best one ( well at least better than animal farm)

Depends on the state and/or city, many states and/or cities have too much standardized testing which gets in the way of learning. Privet schools do not have to partake in the testing of students, because they do not receive funding from the government, which leaves more time for teaching students.

There really is no difference. My mom (first generation) was sent to private school to learn the Catholic faith. I also go to Catholic school. I feel lucky though because my school us k-8 ( I am in eighth grade), and it's really to have grown up with the same friends. The downside is that you do not get any experience making new friends because you already have them.

Depends on the private school, and the public school, often times true however. My kids went to public school, top 20 in country so in their case yeah little to no benefit

Out of everything in this video... And you chose to focus on that?

+Zoe Skylar Right?

+Rakesh M The Muslims in India pre-partition came as Moguls hundreds of years earlier. They identify as Indian and have lived in the Indian sub continent for centuries. Partition was when British colonized India was split between Hindus and Muslims. The Hindus got what is today India, and the Muslims got East and West Pakistan (Bangladesh and Pakistan respectively today). There are Muslims still in India just as there are Hindus in Pakistan. For generations prior to partition, there was interbreeding and religious conversion on both sides. Partition itself was an ungraceful splitting of the country based on religion, not ethnicity, but again, the Moguls and the Dravidians had mixed for centuries, so an ethnic split would have been nearly impossible. Pakistanis identify as being from the Indian subcontinent (hence, Indian) and have a shared culture with the rest of the subcontinent. Obviously there are different ritual customs between Muslims and Hindus, but the differences in secular customs aren’t huge. When referring to Europe for instance, we call both the French and the German European even though they have cultural differences. They would both identify as such and are free to identify their nationalities at their own discretion. TLDR, many Pakistanis consider themselves ethnically Indian, as they are from the Indian subcontinent. Therefore, you can consider yourself Indian and be from Pakistan, especially because Pakistan is a nationality, not an ethnic group, and the citizens in Pakistan had been relocated there FROM INDIA.

+Rakesh M ^^^ sorry for the long response. this bit of history tends to get lost/confused by many people on youtube :)

yah ikr im really confused

Pakistans involvement in terrorism?

+Rakesh M not all Pakistans are indian my freind my family are dards from Pakistani kashmir and we are not indian as dards are originally from central asia, i also have different facial features to indians like white skin. I respect indians but hate it when indians say all Pakistanis are indian when i clearly am not

+Great Owl Me too. I am shocked by the mostly positive comments - although they are all coming from first gen Americans, which makes it even better knowing the USA is doing its job.

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it's not if u have opportunity

Judith Neil nowadays it's your rich daddy that gives you opportunities

Judith Neil no matter how hard u work

That depends on if you give up on it or not. Everyone has the chance to become rich everyone has the chance to fulfill the American Dream if you work hard enough for it. Plenty of Americans have done it but they worked hard for it nobody said it is easy.

It really depends on your definition of the American Dream. For example: FDR thought it was the 4 freedoms, which in that case, it isn't dead. But if you look at it from a Great Gatsby point of view, where no matter how hard you try you will never truly be satisfied with what you have, then yeah, the dream is dead.

u r one lucky bastard

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Charles Dowling There’s two meanings for First generation en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigrant_generations

You're second generation. Your parents became first generation Americans when they settled in the US.

my dad's it's from Durango

+Benji Johnson Replied above, her family is from Pune but lived in Karachi for a few years before moving to US. It's complicated, but her family is Indian!

I remember on Video she said she was Mexican?

Mine to