Now Donald Trump is warning about this linguistic diversity, arguing that New York’s classrooms are overwhelmed by foreign students who speak obscure languages.
“They have languages that nobody in this country has ever heard of,” Mr. Trump said, referring to migrants who have recently arrived.
But why did Mr. Trump deem this “a very horrible thing,” and not a call to arms for more research and more language teachers?
There are many practical benefits to be found in the knowledge, wisdom and poetry of the languages that immigrants bring with them.
The presence of these languages and their speakers continually revitalizes the profound social experiment that is America.
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French, Belgian, Manhattan, New York City, America