Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h7SLmN720546; Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:48:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:48:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <E19sUYz-0004CW-00@hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Joe Little <fyi@americanliteracy.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9300] Re: Accept English Only donation? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Mailer: GoldMine [5.00.402] Status: O Content-Length: 1620 Lines: 33 > One suggestion would be for students to investigate the group (as an > exercise). Financials should be public, as are mission statements, etc. > See what percentage of their budget goes for ESL. There is no paucity of > newspaper articles at relatively easy reading levels that go into an array > of issues and cases associated with English Only. Some go into employees > suing employers for their right to speak their native language on the job; others > tell the exact opposite. And of course, English Only's strong connection to > right wing, anti-immigrant forces are well documented and easy to understand. Laurie, Cathy, and all, I love the idea of investigating the financial statement and mission statement of the English Only organization. That's clear,factual stuff. Many folks-- present company excluded, hopefully -- would stear clear of that, opting instead for liberal-rant, leftist- rave articles from our libero-centric friends in the media. > That the group approached you with the unabashed intention to use their > donation as a PR stint to push "their" political agenda reminds me of a > slogan on a t-shirt complete w/caps and exclamation points I saw just last > weekend in NJ: "Welcome to America. Now SPEAK ENGLISH!!!!!" As ESL > professionals, we know that the bottom line is xenophobia. Bottom line of what? That slogan? Produced by whom? Probably the vast left-wing conspiracy...but seriously, the t-shirt u saw reminds me of a haiku i read not three hours ago: Welcome to America. Do what u like. We'll give u tax dollar. Xenophillically, sincerely, Joe
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