Following this week’s attempted coup at the US Capitol, many people around the world are realizing just how fragile our democracy is. But some immigrants who come here seeking a dream realize pretty quickly that the image they had of life in the US is very different from the reality. KQED’s Chloe Veltman has the story of two men from Africa who both started graduate studies at UC Berkeley during the pandemic. That was hard enough, but they also found themselves grappling with racism in a place that’s supposed to be one of the most progressive in the world.