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Dumas: An Immigrant After The Iranian Revolution
Dumas was a strong girl that had a life as an immigrant in California of the United States. She liked living in the U.S. because everyone treated her and her family with much kindness, and respect. Nobody Judged her or treated her differently even though she was an immigrant. Dumas just wanted to fit in and be treated with kindness and respect just like everyone else.
“We remember the kindness more than ever, knowing that our relatives who immigrated to this country after the Iranian Revolution did not encounter the same America.” (Dumas,92) This quote has so much meaning. Dumas and her family moved back to their real home from The United States, during the Iranian Revolution. After the Iranian Revolution, They moved back to the United States
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