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This reminds me of a Newsweek article from a few years back. It was about racial and cultural separations in the US. The only direct quote I remember from it was a 8-year-old child asking his mother (A lawyer or doctor, I think,) "Mom, why you talk with that fake white accent?"
People need to understand that they can unify in some areas like language without losing their cultural identities. Kids need to learn not to be mad at "the white man" for keeping them down, but be mad at those among their own cultural and ethnic groups who refuse to let them out of a self-perpetuating cycle of under-education, poverty, and cultural isolation. Only after this cycle is addressed and dealt with that outside help can bring the underpriveleged up to the level of mainstream society. Sort of a practical, down-to-earth application of "God helps he who helps himself"
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