https://www.scmp.com/rss/327181/feed Domenico Maceri, PhD, is emeritus professor of romance languages at Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, California. He has won awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com “They don't speak English … They don't integrate well.” This is how John Kelly, Donald Trump's chief of staff, described his reasons for the need to block Mexican immigrants from coming into the United States. Kelly's great-grandparents came from Ireland but on his mother's side they hailed from Avellino, Italy. Little is known about their linguistic abilities, yet some research reveals that his great-grandmother knew no English after 30 years of living in the US.  Kelly's great-grandmother’s... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2147385/why-white-houses-john-kelly-fails-english-and-history-his?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2147385/why-white-houses-john-kelly-fails-english-and-history-his?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 May 2018 05:30:00 +0000