Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen: "It’s too late to get rid of all of us. We are here because white people were there, invading — sorry, civilizing — our countries of origin. Americans descended from Vietnamese refugees, undocumented Nicaraguan immigrants and African slaves cannot unlearn English. In my case, I love English and will not leave it, even if some people use it to say, 'Go back to where you came from.' (They can’t say 'Speak English,' since I teach it.)"
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