[lit-ideas] Re: speaking of libraries in the United States of Earth
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 06:51:20 -0400
JE: I meant "why (how come) they *can't* speak
English" but I'll add "read". Is New York so segregated that people
(other than old-fashioned stay-at-home-mainly not-born-here
considerably-older Muslim women) can actually live there, as opposed
to visiting, and cope without knowing English?
EY: People with no English can survive here for a long time, either
through menial, disgusting jobs when they are young, or by swelling
the welfare roles (the dole) as they do when old. The older
population of non-English speakers is particularly parasitic in this
city. If I get a chance I'll get some stats for you to ponder.
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