When you come here determined to make it, with only “shoes with holes in them, a t-shirt, old pants, and big dreams.” Part of an LAist series, guest essayist Fernando Orozco describes what “Being American” means to him.
, in which Angelenos shared personal stories about how our race and/or ethnicity shapes our lived experience.
After a while, the helicopters left and we continued, walking along a freeway. There was a tunnel we all went under one by one, until we got to the other side of the road. My dad had been waiting anxiously for almost a week, not hearing from me. Within two hours, I had been dropped off at his home. My dad and I hugged, and we were both so happy.
I realized this was not going to be easy — I was just a teenager, and I now had to work to help my dad with the rent. I asked him, “What about school?” Dad did not want to listen.The definition of American is elusive. But in this city shaped by immigrants, we know that it does not refer to a race, an ethnicity, or a birthplace. So we’re reaching out again. We’d love to hear your stories as we continue the conversation about Americanness and who it belongs to.
I knew that if you want to make it in this country, you have to work hard and you have to be disciplined, and all of that was already in meThe author at age 13 in Mexico City; the author’s brother Rafael in the U.S., circa 1981.
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