Thread: English vs. Spanish: A Question of Racism?

Saturday, November 10, 2007
English vs. Spanish: A Question of Racism?
By John W. Lillpop



In a rare show of wisdom, several years ago California voters passed Proposition 227 to abolish most forms of bilingual education. The premise was quite simple: When English is not spoken in the home, youngsters are at a decided disadvantage, and must, therefore, receive intensive English instruction elsewhere.

Pampering non-English speaking youngsters with bilingual instruction at school was correctly seen as counterproductive and not in the best interests of the young learners.

Unfortunately, some Hispanics educators still refuse to abide by the law and continue to teach in Spanish. One such so-called educator was recently recognized as “Teacher of the Yearâ€

California parents, Hispanics included, please remember this: English proficiency is required to graduate high school in California. Spanish proficiency is required to pick fruit and clean toilets.

Pretty much says it all!!!!!!

Spanish IS NOT an indigenous language. It is only another European language like English, French, German, Russian, etc. So, how can English as an official language be "racist?" If we wanted to make English the official language rather than French, would that be considered racist? Are all the countries South of the border which have Spanish as their official language racist also? Is every country in the world which has an official language "racist?" It's a ridiculous argument.

When my mother's family escaped Communism in their native Ukraine years ago and settled in New Jersey, they did NOT demand that AMERICANS learn Ukranian; THEY learned ENGLISH! They MADE SURE that EVERY one of their CHILDREN learned English, too. The SAME was true of my father's French maternal grandparents. Today's foreign freeloading ingrates are QUITE another matter! The fact is, immigrants who REFUSE to learn English and assimilate ARE the racists! These miserable morons have NO right to BE in OUR country and deserve to be DEPORTED!