I suggested to them also the great desirability of a general knowledge on the Island of the English language. They are under an En...glish speaking government and are a part of the territory of an English speaking nation.... While I appreciated the desirability of maintaining their grasp on the Spanish language, the beauty of that language and the richness of its literature, that as a practical matter for them it was quite necessary to have a good comprehension of English.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Once the visitor was told rather repetitively that this city was the melting pot; never before in history had so many people of su...ch varied languages, customs, colors and culinary habits lived so amicably together. Although New York remains peaceful by most standards, this self-congratulation is now less often heard, since it was discovered some years ago that racial harmony depended unduly on the willingness of the blacks (and latterly the Puerto Ricans) to do for the other races the meanest jobs at the lowest wages and then to return to live by themselves in the worst slums.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Divide and conquer--that's what they try to do to any group trying to make social change. I call it D&C. Black people are supposed... to turn against Puerto Ricans. Women are supposed to turn against their mothers and mothers-in-law. We're all supposed to compete with each other for the favors of the ruling class.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I must have the gentleman to haul and draw with the mariner, and the mariner with the gentleman.... I would know him, that would r...efuse to set his hand to a rope, but I know there is not any such here.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »