[lbo-talk] Dean Baker on immigration

[Jim Devine]

strictly speaking, Spanish is one of the official languages of
California, under the terms that ceded the Southwest to the U.S. (I
think it's the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, that ended the so-called
"Mexican-American war.")

On 4/18/06, Marta Russell <ap888 at lafn.org> wrote:
>
> On Apr 17, 2006, at 6:13 PM, Wendy Lyon wrote:
>
> >
> >> I don't like it.  That
> >> is my personal feeling and I am entitled to it.
> >>
> >
> > Of course you are but don't pretend it isn't xenophobia.  By the way,
> > you live in LA, right?  By your own logic shouldn't you be speaking
> > Spanish, if not one of the Native American languages of the Southwest
> > region?
> >
>
> Xenophobia is a fear or contempt for strangers.  I do not have any
> fear or contempt for the immigrants that live around me.  I want to
> be able to communicate with them.  English is the dominate language
> in California.  So if you think everyone should be speaking Spanish
> or a Native American language that is simply nuts.  Go ask the
> Russians and Persians to learn to speak Spanish or a Native American
> language.  They will look at you like you are crazy.
>
> Marta
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