But Huang said he was unwilling to cave to the unfair expectations put on his parents and so many other immigrants and minorities. I was born in America, my ancestors are from China, and my parents were born in Taiwan,” he says in the speech. “Those were days when he thought being a fragmented human in America was still better than being a whole human in Taiwan,” Huang said. While his father knows better now, Huang says the fact still remains ― immigrants and minorities still aren’t seen as completely American. Immigrants have proven themselves to be worthy of top schools and their achievements just as admirable as white people in America, he continued.

Source: Huffington Post January 17, 2017 23:00 UTC