Asians began to arrive in America, there were about 10 million Asian/Pacific Islanders in the U.S. by 1998 (Barone 4). Leila's parents knew that America would be the right answer to everything. "When Mah left Hong Kong, everyone called her lucky; to live in America was to have a future" (Ng 24). All the people in Hong Kong knew that America was the key to success, but they didn't know everything, the Leong's ended up failing in America because of their suicidal daughter, their long working hours in the sweatshops, and their small living space. "Mah and Leon forced themselves to live through the humiliation in this country so that we could have it
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