I found one line from that NYT column rather humorous:
In contrast, baby boomers and older Americans — even those who fought for integration — came of age in one of the most homogenous moments in the country’s history.
Homogeneous was not exactly how I remembered it. At the same time that we reached this "low point for immigration" we had violent race riots every summer in every American city of any size. Many of our cities were vast no-go zones. We had a generation gap wider than I've ever seen - young and old didn't even speak to one another. A marriage between a Catholic and a Protestant was "mixed." America had plenty diversity, even then, although it had a different makeup. It was the elites that were homogeneous. Insecure tribes always seem to defend their turf by whatever means possible.
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Date: 2010-05-18 11:07 pm (UTC)In contrast, baby boomers and older Americans — even those who fought for integration — came of age in one of the most homogenous moments in the country’s history.
Homogeneous was not exactly how I remembered it. At the same time that we reached this "low point for immigration" we had violent race riots every summer in every American city of any size. Many of our cities were vast no-go zones. We had a generation gap wider than I've ever seen - young and old didn't even speak to one another. A marriage between a Catholic and a Protestant was "mixed." America had plenty diversity, even then, although it had a different makeup. It was the elites that were homogeneous. Insecure tribes always seem to defend their turf by whatever means possible.