Xenophobia in a land of immigrants
CounterPunch
by John Chuckman
04/29/06
Never mind that the American Constitution says nothing about language. Never mind that waves of immigrants from Europe about a hundred years ago founded countless private schools and cultural institutions in the United States where German or Italian or Hebrew were the languages used and promoted. Never mind that after a generation or two, minority immigrants always end up adopting the language of the majority, something which is close to an economic necessity. And never mind that xenophobia in a land of immigrants should have no place. ... Throughout history, fascism is closely associated with xenophobia, but then we find many other unpleasant aspects of fascism -- from illegal spying to recording what people read in libraries, from torture to illegal invasion -- feature in George Bush's America...
http://www.counterpunch.org/chuckman04292006.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Oh, Say, Can You See Xenophobia in a Land of Immigrants?
http://baltimorechronicle.com/2006/050306Chuckman.shtml
From Information Clearing House
by John Chuckman
04/29/06
Never mind that the American Constitution says nothing about language. Never mind that waves of immigrants from Europe about a hundred years ago founded countless private schools and cultural institutions in the United States where German or Italian or Hebrew were the languages used and promoted. Never mind that after a generation or two, minority immigrants always end up adopting the language of the majority, something which is close to an economic necessity. And never mind that xenophobia in a land of immigrants should have no place. ... Throughout history, fascism is closely associated with xenophobia, but then we find many other unpleasant aspects of fascism -- from illegal spying to recording what people read in libraries, from torture to illegal invasion -- feature in George Bush's America...
http://www.counterpunch.org/chuckman04292006.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Oh, Say, Can You See Xenophobia in a Land of Immigrants?
http://baltimorechronicle.com/2006/050306Chuckman.shtml
From Information Clearing House
rudkla - 1. Mai, 17:56
