[old school]

Sounds like sour grapes to me! Multi-culturalism, tolerance, and diversity were the watchwords for this guy, until "his" ox was gored. He still identifies himself as a hyphenated-american, as opposed to simply an American! What's that Shakespeare line about protesting too much? I think it's too much, too late!

[LeftyStomper]

Multi-culturalism, tolerance, and diversity were the watchwords for this guy, until "his" ox was gored.>

I thought so too, at first, but he makes a compelling case. Blacks speak English, and have a history of serving this country (in war, for example). Hypothetically, would non-English speaking citizens be excluded from the draft if there were a dire national emergency?

Language is the greatest obstacle to assimilation, and apparently not one that some care to overcome.

[A2J]

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He still identifies himself as a hyphenated-american

uh, where?
This is what I read:
The black community
we black folks
for a black person
I am an American
I, a black man,
Like other Americans, I
as a black American, I

The only mention of African-Americans is the title. I can't say if that's his title, or one given by the paper.
I don't think it's sour grapes, looks like realism to me. Expecting immigrants to obey housing codes and learn English doesn't seem unreasonable to me.