COMMENTARY: 'The world is full of refugees who have had no choice but to leave their homelands, because the alternative is potential death.'
Over the past month, my social media feed has been filled with stories of people looking for ways to leave the United States.understand their growing fear and anxiety. We live in a country where, in some states, women are forced to carry babies resulting from incest or rape. Where children can be gunned down during their weekly spelling lessons. Where gay marriage and contraception are suddenly up for debate.
I’m fortunate, because contrary to most of the handwringers in my feeds, I could leave the U.S. tomorrow if I so chose: I have dual citizenship in the United States and Germany. As of two years ago, I can live freely in any country in the EU because I hold a German passport, orgrants citizenship to descendants of individuals who were “forcibly deprived of their nationality” as a result of Nazi persecution — Hitler revoked my mother’s citizenship during World War II.
To accompany my nascent citizenship, I’ve been studying German for the past year or so on Duolingo. My second passport and fledgling language skills are the insurance policy I hoped I'd never need. The world is full of refugees who have had no choice but to leave their homelands, because the alternative is potential death.
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