Writers from the majority can assume their audiences know what they're talking about - they don't have to explain things, whereas minority writers are expected to.

No one wants for their child to become a refugee. It's an awful experience.

People might like to think a war is done when a cease fire is signed, but for most people who lived through a war it goes on for decades.

Immigrants who voluntarily come to a country have already made a decision to assimilate to one degree or another. Probably not completely, but they've committed to the place, and they know that they need to make certain kinds of concessions. They change themselves in some way to fit in. They're looking forward as much as they're still looking backward.

Hollywood in many ways serves as the unofficial ministry of propaganda for the United States.

I think all immigrants and refugees are preoccupied with memories to one degree or another. But again, this question of how much to remember and how much to forget is really aggravated for those who have lost a tremendous amount.

Writers from the majority can assume their audiences know what they're talking about - they don't have to explain things, whereas minority writers are expected to.