Hi to Everyone, I am a latino, born in Honduras and living here as well. I'm bilingual (my father was Honduran and my mother from the US). I've been lurking on this chat because I read both, english and spanish. I always say that I have the advantage of having read "The French Lieutant's Woman" in English and "100 Years of Solitude" in Spanish. I think that both of these authors use very fine language technics in their novels. I entered the web site for the Colorado Library and looked at what the fuss was all about. Frankly, I wouldn't want my children to read some of the stuff that was on there, in English or in Spanish. There is excellent literature in both languages. Actually, if you see the list of the latest Nobel prizes in Literature, you'll find several Latin American and Spanish authors. I was saddened by a commentary by one Congresswoman saying that the other should ONLY speak in English. This attitude is wrong. The joining of cultures makes it stronger. But culture is not achieved by reading bad literature. Somehow, a joining of the minds in benefit of children's best interests in culture must be achieved in Colorado. What could be worst is that all Spanish literature be banned from public libraries. I am always amazed at how an educated people can become so broken apart. Jorge Gallardo
--- "Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is scary about the last link is that CAIRCO > copied the REFORMA page so it looks exactly the > same, but if you scroll further down, they have > added comments about why all of what REFORMA says is > wrong. I agree though, the page you have added is a > better link. I missed that one - thanks! > siobhan > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on > behalf of John Mitchell > Sent: Wed 8/10/2005 1:51 PM > To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group > Subject: Re: [DDN] Spanish Language materials at > midst of controversy > > > > 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. > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ 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.
