When Skateboards Will be Free: My Reluctant Political Childhood

SaidSayrafiezadeh'sparentsbelievedthataworker'srevolutionwasjustaroundthecorner.Whenitcameallwouldchange.Sotheysacrificedeverythingtobringitabout-includingtheirson'schildhood.Saidjustwishesthey'daskedhimfirst.MovingfromonemakeshifthometoanotherinPittsburghandNewYork,Said'sfamilywasatwarwiththerestoftheworld.Toldtodespiseluxurieshelongedfor,heenduredendlesspartymeetings,lectures,demonstrations,evenavisittoCuba,alltomakehimtheperfectchildoftherevolution.Butwhathappenswhentherevolutionnevercomes?