In Anand Giridharadas’ Ted Talk, “A Tale of Two Americans, and the Mini-mart where they collided,” there is a great example of an Indian immigrant, Raisuddin, succeeding in this new American life because he worked hard and was treated well for the most part. Raisuddin worked several jobs to support himself and to help him pay his way through school to further …show more content…
“He was however, returning with more than a diploma. He also had a new dream, he dreamed that one day he would return to America with his own children, and they, the children of an engineer from Abadan, would have access to the same educational opportunities as anybody else, even the sons of senators and the rich. It was a dream that my brothers and I were honored to fulfill” (Dumas, 95). The well treatment of Firoozeh’s father led him to successfully completing his degree and to bring his own family to America. Immigrants come to America to have a successful life, America is a land of