Ethiopian youth born in America : r/Ethiopia - Reddit
This is a topic that's somewhat difficult to talk about, as it revolves mostly around mental health which is stigmatized in our community and many Ethiopians tend to downplay or ignore. I'm also not sure whether this is the best place to post this topic, so forgive me if this post is out of place. For those whose parents immigrated from Ethiopia to America or really anywhere for that matter, what was it like growing up? How closely did you stay in touch with the culture back home? How did it feel to have grown up in a wildly different culture outside of home? Personally, this way of growing up came with a lot of internal struggle. I was very sheltered growing up, not being allowed to do anything if it wasn't related to academics. If there was ever any slight mistake in school or I ever tried to argue/talk back, it would be met with physical punishment, "getting my ass beat" so to speak, as well as always telling me i am "stupid", "idiot", ...
