Many of the foods we traditionally associate with the Fourth of July - including apple pie - reflect the diverse mix of immigrant heritages that make our nation strong and unique.
I feel guilty that I have not done more to help them savor the tastes of their immigrant heritage.
Towards the end of the book you say, "In college, I would've laughed at the idea that being in business could be different for women than for men, but only a few weeks into my Morgan Stanley experience, I completely understood". What advice would you give a woman leaving college and starting a career in business today and would that advice differ if she was of recent immigrant heritage?
[KC]: How do you see success in light of your immigrant heritage?
Each of us who claims immigrant heritage (and, since most of us must, even those who blindly ignore it) is a hyphenated American.
A sample of what the project could become took place at CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan on Monday, when Cleghorne and three other panelists shared their personal experiences as part of the city's immigrant heritage week.
This is how he begins: "Two types of power dominated the 20th century: the visible, embodied in politicians, corporate moguls, crime bosses and law enforcement; and the invisible, concentrated in the hands of a few power brokers generally of Eastern European and Jewish immigrant heritage.
And in a dramatic reversal of the country's proud immigrant heritage, young, professional Argentines are increasingly taking advantage of their Spanish or Italian passports to seek opportunities in the lands of their forebears.
Another is the power of America's assimilationist traditions and immigrant heritage.
At the elementary school, in remarks heavy with references to his own immigrant heritage and that of his wife, Hadassah, Mr. Lieberman told a favorite tale from his 2000 campaign as the first Jewish candidate for vice president.
