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“Where are you from?” A question that comes up often amongst my friends and I is, “Where are you from?” I answer them by saying I'm from "Queens, New York". This conversation doesn't end due to the fact that they want to know what my ethnicity is so they then ask "Where are you really from?" I don’t answer because I know that they would eventually guess where I am from. One of my friends would then think they know where Im from by my skin color, appearances, accent, and etc. I am brown skinned so I get categorized as an “Indian”. Racial Stereotypes is something that happens around the world for many people. I was born in America however preserve my parents roots. My parents are immigrants from a country in South America called Guyana. This goes back to the question "Where are you from?" You don't regularly hear individuals say "Im American" on the grounds without bringing up there familial roots. I then tell whoever asks me “Where are you from?” I respond, “I am American with Guyanese ancestry”. My father, Mohammed Khan was born In British Guiana on October 1, 1955. The country name itself “British Guiana” shows how it was ruled by Great Britain. It was in 1966 when British Guiana gained independence now becoming “Guyana”. When a country becomes independent they face new challenges as economic, political, and much others. My father was the oldest out of two sisters and one brother. My grandfather, Joseph khan worked at Sugar Estate working at $4 per hour and my grandmother Rajmati Khan was a stay at home mom, growing her own vegetables, mining chickens and other things that can help support the family. My father didn't get much education where as he only completed secondary school which is up to 8th grade. He began to he... ... middle of paper ... ...learn to be content with what I have and even though I only have one brother, my aunts, uncles, cousins consist of many people. I learn to accept what my other family has went through from Guyana and came here to make life better for their kids. This all comes back to the question on “Where are you from?” my family is what makes me who I am. There life before they brought me in this world and after they had me were both hard times. They have started from the bottom and strived making there way to the top in order to be happy. They value many things from there roots such as what they learned from growing up with a huge family. This showed them that they were always people for them in making it out and pushed them to strive even though they had to leave there family back home. It is now because of my parents that I consider myself American with Guyanese ancestry.

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