So articulate for a ...
113 years later, plus ça change
1912: "Dear me, think of it. Niggers speaking French!”
—William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson's secretary of state, referring to Haiti.
2025: “Such good English. Such beautiful English. ...Where were you educated? Where? In Liberia? …Where did you learn to speak so beautifully. …Where? Were you educated? Where?. …In Liberia? Well, that’s very interesting.”
— Donald Trump to Joseph Boakai, president of Liberia, where English has been the official language since the country’s independence in 1847.
Excellent. I adore this Substack and am always glad to see it.
Good selection of moving/disturbing images. The melting pot.