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...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
So neighborhoods like Little Italy, Chinatown, South Boston, East Boston and Chelsea should be wiped clean of their ethnic flair for the cause of Yankee assimilation. Is an Italian American, wrong for celebrating, cherishing and acknowleding his old world lineage. What is an American anyway? Have you ever asked a black person, the descendants of slaves, what an American is? What about Native Americans, what the hell are they cause they sure as hell is hot weren't speak english!!! I think that quote is a gross oversimpification of from a bygone era. It's a political slogan, aimed at stoking xenopohibic sentiment among the ignorant mass. Are you a xenophobe like Teddy Roosevelt? An imperialist bigot, who thinks the "American" way is the only way. He believed it was America's mission to "civilize" the "uncivilized".
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