Myths of melting pots and discarded tongues (part 2)

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Nic Subtirelu — Leave a comment

In my last post, I looked at a story told by a US Senator about how his family immigrated to the United States and learned English. I wrote that I think the stories we tell reveal a lot about how…

Myths of melting pots and discarded tongues (part 1)

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Nic Subtirelu — 7 Comments

While the United States government seems intent on providing me a never ending supply of budget dysfunction discourse, I’ve decided to move on to another pressing topic that US politicians have been discussing: immigration. President Obama gave some prominence to…

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Myths of melting pots and discarded tongues (part 2)

Myths of melting pots and discarded tongues (part 1)