Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 468 implied HN points • 01 Mar 26
- Grandparents who fled persecution in Eastern Europe found sanctuary and a sense of achievement in America, with a small home standing for everything they had earned.
- Preserving and sharing family stories of refugee experiences matters because they record why people fled and push back against harmful myths that mischaracterize immigrants.
- There is urgency to tell these stories now, since the generation that lived them is passing away and we need to set the historical record straight before it’s too late.