Just Say ‘No’
Not, ‘Yo‘.
The Los Angeles Unified School District, which serves about 700,000 students, is embroiled in a nasty debate about whether meetings of a district advisory board should be conducted in English or Spanish.
I don’t have a child in the school district, but let me say this as clearly as I can for the activists wanting to conduct meetings in anything but English: Yo quiero Ingles, por favor.
For the rest of you: I want English, please.
One parent said it was racist to demand people who come to America speak English. I think not.
What’s really odd about this debate out in L.A. for many of us is that it is not the usual clash between Anglo-nativists and newly arrived Hispanic immigrants. Instead this is a battle which pits African-Americans against newly arrived Hispanic immigrants. The African-Americans think they are getting ripped off if a key advisory council to the school district is conducting business — dividing up federal money in many cases — in a language they cannot understand.
Nanny State | tree hugging sister | 
November 13, 2007 1:22 pm
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FYI:
“English is the official language of the State of California.”
–California Constitution, Article III, Section 6(b)
Count me among the “racists” who think public business in America should be conducted in the public language of America, which is English.
“One parent said it was racist…”
“Racist” is a word used in desperation by cowards to stifle any debate or discussion.