Hard to read that and not hear him alluding to the fact that most of the United States is monolingual, and thus linguistically poor. Rural US also frequently ex

Hard to read that and not hear him alluding to the fact that most of the United States is monolingual, and thus linguistically poor. Rural US also frequently exhibits the identity poverty that he talks about. He never explicitly mentions it. I think there's something to this, needs more thought.