Truth, Lies and Media”

FROM TLM BLOG:

This is a great article on the cultural differences shaping our country. I think it’s interesting that it’s a reaction to increasing intolerance in Long Island,NY. When I first moved to NYC from Tennessee so many “educated” people, (many of them ivy leaguers), stereotyped the entire southeast region of our country as dimwitted, intolerant racists. How many wall street working, ivy league educated people live in East Hampton where THESE atrocities occur? I believe people should forgo a semester at that expensive university and travel south… (and keep going until they get to Patagonia).  

John Myers -

Long Island City Guide Examiner

 

the article

From Farmingville to East Hampton: communication gaps between American’s and today’s immigrants

This is a piece I wrote more than five years ago. In light of recent discussions following the last year’s murder of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero in Patchogue, I thought this might be a good time to revisit the piece. Introduction:…

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