Quote of the Day (Richard Rodriguez, on ‘The Paradox of the Border’ and Internal Despair)

“The paradox of the border right now is that you see young people coming to the American border for the opportunity of America, at exactly the time when Americans are importing drugs from Latin America because of the despair of our unhappiness. The paradox of that movement in both directions is so interesting to me and so little noted.” —Public intellectual Richard Rodriguez quoted in Kelsey Husnick, “Tippett, Rodriguez: ‘Brown is the New Color of American Identity,’” The Chautauquan Daily, August 8, 2014