I have followed with great interest the letters submitted by both Dr. Morris and Dr. Sobel.
Both writers are obviously very accomplished, old men still living in the 19th-20th century!
Much has happened since especially in the area of immigration. So both writers tirelessly allude to their own and families accomplishments to make it into the brave New World that “was” in their imaginations, America.
However, because they obviously live in a cocoon, they don’t realize that America is still a brave New World to many “dreamers” and…. not just Latinos.
While Dr. Morris is stuck in the past, at least Dr. Sobel offers some sympathy and outrage on behalf of the downtrodden “…dreamers.”
Thank you Dr. Sobel but your insinuation that the dream is being squash only for “…young Latinos” is incorrect and racist!.
Latinos are “not” the only illegals in America.
Go to Hempstead and you’ll meet many islanders who are here illegally; go to Woodside, Queens and you’ll find Irish whose visas have expired but decided to stay; go to Flushing, N.Y. and you will find peoples of many other nationalities: Asians, European, etc. with similar status.
Many are hard working and trying to find that American Dream, and working in which ever way they can to assimilate, even as if it doesn’t appear to others to be the case, and to triumph through the whatever means possible that only a great country like the USA has to offer, and not just to the Latinos.
Doctors, I suggest to look around you better next time you step out of your nice cocoon and you will be wonderfully surprised.
The dream is still alive and well for many…Latinos and all.
Olga Gomez-Steck
