I traffic in empathy. I try to be vulnerable with people so they can be vulnerable back. I've always been searching for empathy in other people. It's when I feel most not alone. Jose Antonio Vargas backempathyfeel Change image and share on social
People don't really assume that I'm Filipino. Of course, they're gonna think, 'Oh, are you some sort of Hispanic?' and you say, 'No, I'm actually not.' I get Korean or Chinese a lot. Jose Antonio Vargas assumechinesefilipino Change image and share on social
You can call me whatever you want to call me, but I am an American. No one can take that away from me. No, no one can. Jose Antonio Vargas americancall Change image and share on social
The more successful I got, the more scared I got. My name was all over Google. I had a Wikipedia page I was terrified to look at. And so I just snapped. I thought, 'If I'm going to come out with this, I'm going to do it in a big way. And not just for myself. This can't just be my story.' Jose Antonio Vargas biggooglepage share on social
I am undoubtedly one of the more, if not the most, privileged undocumented immigrants in America. And for us at Define American, which is this culture campaign group that I founded with some friends, culture trumps politics. Jose Antonio Vargas americaamericancampaign share on social