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Guest Commentator

Wanjiku Mwangi

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator Wanjiku K. Mwangi is the Racial Wealth Divide Leader at United for a Fair Economy in Boston, Massachusetts. She co-authored the report, State of the Dream 2011: Austerity for Whom? that's available at faireconomy.org/dream. Click here to contact Ms. Mwangi.

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Guest Commentary

The American Promise Beckons

By Wanjiku Mwangi Guest Commentator

“I want to live in America.” I was twelve years old, shelling peas with my mother in our kitchen in Limuru, Kenya, when I first uttered those words. My mother paused and said to me, “Well, then you better study hard and do well in school. The door will only open for those who knock.”…

“I want to live in America.” I was twelve years old, shelling peas with my mother in our kitchen in Limuru, Kenya, when I first uttered…

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