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corimazzjax 's review for:
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
by Jose Antonio Vargas
In the end, this memoir wasn’t satisfying and didn’t feel complete—but in that way, it may have brilliantly given me a tiny taste of that feeling of constant limbo that Vargas has experienced his whole life.
Vargas puts a human face to an issue that, for most of us, is a highly politicized topic that we understand in memes and talking points. He broadened my conception of the undocumented immigrant and left me reeling with more questions than I had when I began reading.
While the second half of the book does take us away from his personal journey and into his journey navigating the choppy waters of activism, I felt that his lack of belonging in that world was just as enlightening and gave me a lot to think about when it comes to the realm of progressive activism.
Vargas puts a human face to an issue that, for most of us, is a highly politicized topic that we understand in memes and talking points. He broadened my conception of the undocumented immigrant and left me reeling with more questions than I had when I began reading.
While the second half of the book does take us away from his personal journey and into his journey navigating the choppy waters of activism, I felt that his lack of belonging in that world was just as enlightening and gave me a lot to think about when it comes to the realm of progressive activism.