The link to the Denver Post article was working when I checked. The verbal exchange reported in it speaks volumes about some popular attitudes about language and identity in the US and perhaps beyond (though such activism for monolingualism may be mainly an American phenomenon): --------- "You need to speak English," Weatherford told Casillas.
"I am speaking English, but I can speak Spanish too," Casillas replied. "You need to speak (English) all the time," Weatherford said. --------- Language issues, including linguistic divides, are real ones. Attitudes about language differences can use such differences as a rationale for conflict or can turn them into opportunities for learning. (The library controversy also involves a separate issue of inappropriate content for a public library, but the two should not be confused.) For any who are interested in discussing such multilingual/multicultural (education) issues which may stray offtopic on DDN(?), there is a list run by the Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research at USC called MultiEd-L, to which I will copy this reply. See: http://www.usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR/CMMR_listserv.html Don Osborn Quoting John Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Clarification: The last link you provided appears to simply contain > information published by REFORMA, such as mission, goals and bylaws. > (At first I thought CAIRCO was saying those things!) Perhaps you > intended to link to http://www.cairco.org/library/library.html or some > other URL? > > John > -- > John T. Mitchell > http://interactionlaw.com > > On 8/10/05, Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Denver Public Library is currently under attack by the Colorado > > Alliance for Immigration Reform CAIRCO http://www.cairco.org/ An > > article in the Denver Post has some information on the controversy. > > http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_2924783/ci_2924783 [note this URL > > was working earlier today, and lately, has had some problems. I am > > hoping problems are due to high usage, and that you will be able to > > access the article] > > This information was recieved through several posts on reformanet, the > > listserv of the American Library Association's REFORMA > > http://www.reforma.org/ , The Association to Promote Library and > > Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, which is also > > under attack by CAIRCO http://www.cairco.org/library/reforma.html > > > > Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS > > Community Outreach Liaison > > National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region > > Creighton University Health Sciences Library > > 2500 California Plaza > > Omaha, NE 68178 > > 402-280-4156/800-338-7657 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ (NN/LM MCR Web Site) > > http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ (Web Log) > > http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell (Digital > > Divide Network Profile) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
