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‘I Can’t Understand Your Daddy’s Accent’

My immigrant dad, the most embarrassing man on the planet, made no sense until I understood where he came from

Alexandra Szczupak
Human Parts
Published in
13 min readJun 25, 2020

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Photos courtesy of the author.

When you grow up in a comically rural town like I did, you’re more acutely aware of how different you are for having an immigrant parent than you would be if you lived…

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