I Don’t Believe in the American Dream

And I don’t feel bad about it.

Photo by Luke Stackpoole on Unsplash

I am the daughter of South Asian immigrants. My father was given the opportunity to immigrate to the United States in 1969 for his master’s degree in engineering. A few years later, he married my mom in India and they returned to the United States. They bought a home, had kids they sent off to college and graduate school, and successfully retired…