![]() Dushku just put out a documentary, “ Dear Albania,” about her trip back to that country, and her father’s roots there. ![]() And it’s funny because I feel more priviledged to ask, because the question is often asked of me.”Īnother popular question we ask: “what do you call yourself?” But the answer to that question is more difficult, and perhaps even more telling, because of the general disagreement on what the term “first generation” means.Įliza Dushku - the femme fatal vampire hunter of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" - calls herself “second generation,” because her father was the American-born child of Albanian immigrants. “I think people are genuinely curious they want to know about the person they’re talking to,” he says. Abdul El-Sayed, Detroit’s new director of public health, gets it a lot when he speaks at community meetings. That’s not to say people have any malicious intent in asking the “where are you from” question. ![]() You might decide to minimize the awkwardness and just say to the first “where are you from,” “I’m from Iowa, my parents are from India.” Or, you can go the opposite way - make the questioner ask a second time so everyone’s clear about what’s going on - they want to know what you are, ethnically. So you say something like, “Oh, my parents are from India.”Īfter years of confronting this same situation again and again, you make conscious decisions about how you want to respond. This happens sometimes when your answer to the first question was something like “Iowa.” What they really want to know is “what’s your ethnic background?” But maybe that seems like a strangely clinical and intrusive question to ask right off the bat. Still, they want to know. But they probably don’t get the followup question. Journey (1995), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998-2003), Angel (2000-2003), King of the Hill (2002), Tru Calling (2003-2005), That ’70s Show (2005), Nurses (2007), Ugly Betty (2007), Dollhouse (2009-2010), The Big Bang Theory (2010), Rupaul’s Drag Race (2010), Herd Mentality (2011), Robotomy (2011), White Collar (2011), The Cleveland Show (2011), The Guild (2011), Torchwood: Web of Lies (2011), The League (2011), Leap Year (2011-2012), Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.Children of immigrants, maybe those with funny names or who don’t look like what people think of as a “conventional” American - we get that question a lot. That Night (1992), This Boy’s Life (1993), Fishing With George (1994), True Lies (1994), Bye Bye Love (1995), Race the Sun (1996), Bring it On (2000), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Soul Survivors (2001), The New Guy (2002), City by the Sea (2002), Stan Winston: Monster Mogul (2003), Wrong Turn (2003), The Kiss (2003), The Last Supper (2006), on Broadway (2007), Nobel Son (2007), Sex and Breakfast (2007), Bottle Shock (2008), The Alphabet Killer (2008), The Coverup (2008), Open Graves (2009), Locked in (2010), Batman: Year One (2011), DC Showcase: Catwoman (2011), Noah’s Ark: The New Beginning (2012), Jay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie (2013), The Scribbler (2014), The Gable 5 (2014), Dear Albania (2015), Jane Wants a Boyfriend (2015), Eloise (2017) ![]() Matt Dillon (Actor, 2006), Brad Penny (2007), Seth MacFarlane (Actor and TV Producer, 2008-2009), Brent Bolthouse (2009), Rick Fox (Basketball Player, 2009-2014) School – Beaver Country Day School (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts), Watertown High School Nationality – American, Danish and Albanian Mother – Judith Rasmussen (Political Science Professor)īrothers – Nate Dushku (Actor and Producer), Aaron Dushku, Benjamin Dushku Born Place – Watertown, Massachusetts, United Statesįather – Philip R.
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