“You can eat wonderful food in a junked train car on plebeian plates served by waitresses more likely to start dancing with the bartender to the beat of the indie music playing on the sound system than to inquire, “More… — Kay S. Hymowitz Copy Share
“Ruth Stanislaus, principal of P.S. 971 in Sunset Park, whose student population is now a little over half Chinese, was taken aback when one mother of a kindergartner—a five-year-old, mind you—announced in faltering English: “My son must go Harvard.” If, as sometimes appears to be the case, “Harvard” is the first English word learned by immigrant Chinese mothers, the second… — Kay S. Hymowitz Copy Share
“In 2008, Kalin was invited to lecture the Masters of the Universe at Davos. In April 2015, Etsy debuted an IPO; it was only… — Kay S. Hymowitz Copy Share Image
“what was once associated with deafening, dangerous, and stultifying work could now be admired as historic creations and greeted with reverential, if only quasi-informed,… — Kay S. Hymowitz Copy Share Image
“You can eat wonderful food in a junked train car on plebeian plates served by waitresses more likely to start dancing with the bartender to the beat of the indie music playing on the sound system than to inquire, “More Dom Pérignon, sir?” Truffles and oysters can still appear on the Brooklyn menu, but more common is old-fashioned “comfort food”… — Kay S. Hymowitz Copy Share
“If the port made New York, the Irish made the port,” writes James T. Fisher in On the Irish Waterfront.15 Many of the dockworkers… — Kay S. Hymowitz Copy Share Image
“Brownsville has a greater concentration of public housing projects than anywhere in the United States.” — Kay S. Hymowitz Copy Share Image
“A Pew study found that only about a fifth of respondents believe that Chinese Americans and whites get along very well. Even fewer say… — Kay S. Hymowitz Copy Share Image
“It’s no secret that mainstream American habits are not always leading kids to educational and life success. In Sunset Park, Chinese kids are part… — Kay S. Hymowitz Copy Share Image
“But by the late twentieth century, with more Americans going to college, making more money, and, thanks to more affordable airfares, traveling to Europe… — Kay S. Hymowitz Copy Share Image
