“See how they have bars so you can’t take the shopping carts out? In the good neighborhoods, they don’t have them. You can take your shopping cart all the way to your car.” “Oh,” I said. What did it matter that you could or could not take the carts out? The point was, there were carts. “Look at the people who shop here; they are the ones who immigrate and continue to act as if they are back in their countries.” He gestured, dismissively toward a woman and her two children, who were speaking Spanish. “They will never move forward unless they adapt to America. They will always be doomed to
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