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Assimilation and the American Jewish immigrant experience
by Jonathan S. Tobin
February 1, 2019

…While he implied that hostile attitudes towards immigration were rooted in racism, he [Tom Brokaw] also said the following: “I also happen to believe that the Hispanics should work harder at assimilation. That’s one of the things I’ve been saying for a long time…”For saying this, Brokaw—a liberal icon and darling of the mainstream media for decades—was called a “white supremacist” by the left-wing Latino Victory political action group. Democratic presidential candidate in the 2020 elections Joaquin Castro accused him of “xenophobia.” READ MORE