Duncan: I thought you had a bachelor's degree from Columbia.
Jeff: Well, now I have to get one from America.
Jeff: Well, now I have to get one from America.
"I came to America as a refugee, full of hope about my career," Ghasemi said, wistfully noodling on a V-neck guitar. "But now my musical training means nothing. I’m just taking it one stupid root note at a time."
Prestige, solos, self-worth — all a distant memory.
Ghasemi is not alone. We see foreign-born doctors-turned-Uber-drivers, engineers manning deli counters, and renowned journalists who escaped persecution just to write freelance listicles for BuzzFeed.
Prestige, solos, self-worth — all a distant memory.
Ghasemi is not alone. We see foreign-born doctors-turned-Uber-drivers, engineers manning deli counters, and renowned journalists who escaped persecution just to write freelance listicles for BuzzFeed.
"I want my own doctor, fly him in from Miami. I don't trust a doctor who can't speak English."
— Hyman Roth dismissing a Cuban doctor, while in Cuba, The Godfather Part II.
