Summary: The first story is about Kyaw Zwar who was born in Rangoon,Burma. Kyaw is a political organizer. Growing up he considered his family middle class. The Ne Win government abolished the currency notes so they lost all their money because it was worthless. Some people even burned their money. Students no longer had money for tuition, food, or transportation. Students were very angry and started protesting against the government. The protesting got intense and the army soldiers starting shooting at the students. When he was put in prison they said that there couldn't be any "political prisoners" so they went on a hunger strike. When he was in prison he was beaten and extremely mistreated. The second story was about Adama Bah who was born in Koubia,Guinea. She came to the United States with her mother when she turned 2 years old. She attended public school until she was in seventh grade. She refused to pledge allegiance to the flag of the Unites States of America. She said " I am not an American now. I am a refugee."
Comment: Reading these stories, just like the other stories was very difficult to read. It's hard to think that they had to go through all these things. They were treated very poorly. When I read Adama's story I wasn't really surprised at how poorly she was treated and that is sad. There is obviously something wrong with our country if I was not surprised about that. People do not deserve to be treated like that, especially in our country. People come to this country to be free, and to be able to live a better life. So in my opinion if someone comes here for a better life then we should respect that, we shouldn't have anything negative to say about them. Everyone deserves an equal chance at being happy and being successful. Especially in our country, the land of the free.
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