Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists. —Franklin D. Roosevelt More about this quote Tags: USA revolution immigration Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I think it's helpful to remind white ethnics that they, too, came here in boats; that they, too, lived in slums; that they, too, had yellow fever; that they, too, were stigmatized as incorrigible; that they, too, had the highest homicide rates and the highest incarceration rates and the highest rates of mental illness; and that everything that was said about them in those days is now being said about Salvadorans, Dominicans, African Americans, Mexicans, Vietnamese, and Cambodians in our inner cities. —Tom Hayden More about this quote Tags: history perspective poverty America whiteness immigration Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, 'What are you? —Grace Hopper More about this quote Tags: identity immigration passport Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email