Focus (Forum & Focus)
Jul. 4, 2008
As American as Tacos and Samosas
We have the chance now to remake our immigration policy in the modern era by grappling honestly with the fact that the American identity is always undergoing cultural change, writes Rinku Sen - Forum Column
By Rinku Sen
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On this Fourth of July, I will be eating hot dogs. While I was trying to fit in as an Indian immigrant child throughout the 1970s, they represented the quintessential American food. I begged my mother to let me have them for dinner every night instead of chicken curry and rice. She nixed the hot dogs but sometimes allowed spaghetti and meatballs - straight from a can....
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