Why Children of Immigrants Work so Hard | Colleen Bies | TEDxOshkosh
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- Опубликовано: 6 ноя 2019
- Children of immigrants often have a mindset learned from parents who navigated the roadblocks on their journey to freedom. This talk explores that mindset, and how it could apply to those who are generations away from the immigrant experience.
Colleen and her siblings, including four lost before her family’s immigration, are first generation Hmong in the United States. After her father’s nine years of military service for the US side during the Vietnam war, her family was forced to flee Laos to save their lives. Upon reaching Thailand after trekking for weeks through dense jungle, Colleen’s family made the decision to immigrate to the United States.
Her parents knew the US could offer better and more prosperous lives for them and their children. While as a young person Colleen was embarrassed by her mother’s innovative creation of small businesses rather than a "typical" nine to five job, today, as an entrepreneur herself, she couldn't be more proud of her mother blazing her own path despite knowing very little English. Colleen hopes to inspire people to innovate, create, and take control of their lives. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Failure is not an option for us.
I can relate to this soo much, my parents are immigrants. I am first generation and trying to find my place here and what I like. I feel pressured bc I know my parents have sacrificed a lot for me and my siblings to have a the life that we have now. My ultimate goal is to retire my parents in a couple years.
Same here. I pray you have found You're place?Or better yet, made a place you're own! God bless
You’re second generation no first.
I hope you reach your goal. Keep on keeping on!!
Keeping grounded in two worlds at the same time, it can be hard at times. Now that I’m older I realize how much of an asset it is. You’ll find your place, but remember you are American, and it’s your duty to your parents to show them how far you can go. Just remember they left their country thinking anything is an improvement and they were right. You’re on the ground floor and the only way is up 😀
We all have that same goal, us being the children of being immigrant parents. Keep grinding, achieving honor and being great for your family is worth the fight
As an immigrant myself I can relate to it. There is so much opportunities and climbing the ladder have cost me even being discriminated many times because some people are just jealous of the success of others specially those who come from a different country. But I don't care I just keep moving forward with hard work no matter what. I sometimes see people complaining about their lives but I just tell myself how easy they have it but they just can't see it because they were born with those privileges.
amen brother
Love your mindset, thank you for watching. I hope you keep challenging yourself and people.
seeing people complaining about their life when they are clearly so privileged made me realize how I'm privileged myself even tho my life is harder and lonelier than most people around me.
Necessity driven individuals: “are those who have a why and bare any how.” As Nietzsche puts it. find your why and live with a purpose.
It depends on where your parents come from. I have a friend whose parents are from Iceland. He's a straight up slacker. I'm not judging. He admits it. I'm using his example to make my point. Nobody tells blonde blue-eyed Icelandic people to go home.
Hi!
First generation American here, my parents are from Albania and I can relate. Thank you SO MUCH for talking about this.
Thank you for this. This was very inspiring and too close to home for me as I am a child of immigrants from Vietnam. All the love and thanks for sharing your story.
Thank you for watching. Means so much.
Thank you for sharing your story . It takes a lot of bravery and insight to do as you did . People who speak from their privileged corners may lack the empathy and intelligence to digest it but from someone who also had the lived experience : thank you for this video !
Thank you so much Colleen! This was a very touching video...
You're such an inspiration!
Thank you so much for watching. I hope it resonates a little too.
Thanks for reminding me -- The "Immigrant Mindset"!!!
Failure doesn't have to be an option.
Completely different mindset than American children
If your parents are immigrants and you speak English as your primary language I would like to just shake your hands and say thank you.
Lol they don't. They think they do but then there are international students who clearly take the competition to next level as they're more on the side of 'survival mode' as they plan not to go back to their country and have responsibilities like getting PR, making friends, cultural shock, loneliness, financial problems due to conversion rate (eg. India to the USA or Canada or UK!). The list is endless as they're really far away from their hometown. In cases like COVID international students are stuck and cannot even travel back to their families even in situations like someone's death
Hmong people are refugees. Not immigrants.
No, we are refugee-immigrants. It goes both ways. We are still considered immigrants, we migrated over here from another area. But yes we are refugees as well.
I was a little disappointed that she referred to the Hmong, who are displaced, forced to run for their lives, as immigrants. Immigrants had the choice to relocate to a foreign country. Refugees didn’t.
I am proud to be a Hmong refugee, a person of no land, no country. And I am very grateful for the opportunity to have a second chance at life.
Mortar and Pestle Tshuaj Khib thiab Qws Txob The distinction isn’t as clear as some people put it. Not talking about this specific group, but Maybe people didn’t immigrate at that time but were forced to leave, maybe they would have because of poverty and better opportunities.
Yeah. America is about to put an end to all that. 🤣🤣
This video is not true because I’m a child of immigrants and I don’t work hard I’m too lazy.
Ur Latino that's why
She wrote this whole speech because her kid is trying to quit oboe lessons
Immigrant parents have a short-term desperation because they are financially uncomfortable. This speaker is deluded if she thinks that children raised in 1st world comfort and different conditions will be the same
Wow this is so not true. Most people that are kids of immigrants work much less. I hate these videos where one persons experience leads them to make blanket statements.
May I ask how you came to that conclusion?
Most children of immigrants work extremely hard. Whether you look at college, professional school, or higher echelons of business/medicine, despite being minorities in this country, Asians excel, and many of them thank their parents for the opportunity to do so.
(The reason I only talk about Asians is because I am an Asian myself and can talk extensively about the family structure and culture that makes it so that kids feel obligated to work hard).
@@ImKyuSugardust Well from my experience the parents work harder than the kids. They had to because they came with nothing whereas the kids are more spoiled. Maybe depends on the group. Maybe what you’re describing is a cultural trait rather than an immigrant trait.
@@ImKyuSugardust In America Not really children of immigrants, parents are extremely strict about school cause they want them be better them that why most children dont work just school. I know in other country's children are hard workers cause of their economy very poor economy. Im a immigrant and i have to work cause its just my mom paying the bills. But if its children of immigrant mom & dad no need to work just school, College, good career. God bless to all immigrants hard working people
You are also commenting on personal experience it seems.
@@labrava.... and how would you know that? By the way, you take a poll of every kid of immigrant?
passionless speech