"They are like wannabe emos. It is more the fact that they change just to be in with everything that is going on at the time," she said.
"As a function of fear and pre-emptive shame, ironic living bespeaks cultural numbness, resignation and defeat."
"Kerry Washington, who plays Django's wife Brumhilda, told Vibe that she had initially thought the gothic metal masks seen on slaves throughout the film were Tarantino's invention. (They were not.) Tarantino himself is aware that he hasn't even come close to portraying the horrors of slavery, telling an audience, "As bad as some of the shit is in this film, a lot worse shit was going on. This is the nice version.""
"Immigrants to the US are learning English more quickly than previous generations
Concerns about whether immigrants are assimiliating in the US often focus on criticisms that they're not learning English quickly enough (think of outrage over phone systems that ask you to select English or Spanish). But in fact immigrants to the US today are learning and using English much more quickly than immigrants at the turn of the 20th century. More than 75 percent of all immigrants, and just less than 75 percent of Spanish-speaking immigrants, speak English within the first five years, compared to less than 50 percent of immigrants between 1900 and 1920."