{"id":312,"date":"2012-05-11T23:45:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T03:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/children-of-immigration\/?p=312"},"modified":"2012-05-24T20:16:13","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T00:16:13","slug":"remember-i-am-human-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/children-of-immigration\/2012\/05\/11\/remember-i-am-human-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember, I am Human Too!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have dreams of building my family a home<\/p>\n<p>something we never had<\/p>\n<p>but a dream we have always wanted<\/p>\n<p>A home where we could run free<\/p>\n<p>free from hate and shame<\/p>\n<p>free from the names you gave us:<\/p>\n<p>the immigrant<\/p>\n<p>the illegal<\/p>\n<p>the unwanted alien,<\/p>\n<p>the uninvited people that could never and who should never belong.<\/p>\n<p>But our home would be different!<\/p>\n<p>It will care for us<\/p>\n<p>nourish us<\/p>\n<p>protect us<\/p>\n<p>teach us<\/p>\n<p>A home that I know on-lookers would be proud of.<\/p>\n<p>This home would tower over injustice<\/p>\n<p>shield US from bigotry<\/p>\n<p>illuminate OUR worthiness<\/p>\n<p>and welcome ALL who wish to be set free.<\/p>\n<p>Why should we continue to live in fear,<\/p>\n<p>away from those we love and from those who love us?<\/p>\n<p>Why should we be different, without a place to call OUR home?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019ll take me years to build this home for my family<\/p>\n<p>Maybe they will never be able to live and see this beautiful home&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But it is sad that I should build this home alone<\/p>\n<p>Its is even sadder to know that I face a double-edged sword:<\/p>\n<p>building this home is a burden I have to carry, but a responsibility that I will have to do.<\/p>\n<p>and I am prepared.<\/p>\n<p>Others like me are also prepared<\/p>\n<p>to build our home &#8230; together.<\/p>\n<p>But I wonder, why should this be a dream?<\/p>\n<p>Before you answer<\/p>\n<p>just please remember,<\/p>\n<p>that I am human too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Peace &amp; Love.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-right: 8px;padding-top: 8px;padding-bottom: 8px\" src=\"http:\/\/static.tumblr.com\/ttd9oyc\/QGJlzy70g\/peace-in-love.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"327\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I have dreams of building my family a home something we never had but a dream we have always wanted A home where we could run free free from hate and shame free from the names you gave us: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/children-of-immigration\/2012\/05\/11\/remember-i-am-human-too\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1811,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-undocumented-immigrants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/children-of-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/children-of-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/children-of-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/children-of-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1811"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/children-of-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/children-of-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":478,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/children-of-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions\/478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/children-of-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/children-of-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/children-of-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}