Celebrating a Black Greek-Nigerian immigrant who won the NBA title while stoking anti-immigrant fear
The Bucks made history, and Giannis Antetokounmpo, the son of Nigerian parents who migrated to Greece, made the American Dream his reality. Unfortunately, that’s a dream that now hundreds of thousands of immigrant people in the United States feel is unobtainable, and it’s a dream that over 13 million undocumented people in the US know only exists in their sleep. While Giannis was born in Greece, because of his parents’ Nigerian background, he was denied Greek citizenship while he was growing up. This prevented him from getting health care, civil service jobs, and more. So he sold watches and...
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