traditions of assimilation...

[Richard Smith]

yeah,
did you catch that....?   "a Tradition of Assimilation"
wow...amazing... we have traditionalists in office!
By the way...who's "tradition of assimilation?"

richard zane smith
Wyandotte, Oklahoma


On 2/11/08 8:55 AM, "phil cash cash" <cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU> wrote:

> Momentum Building for Oklahoma Official English Bill
> http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-11-2
> 008/0004753576&EDATE=
> 
> ~~~
> 
> While there seems to be  respect for Native American languages, these are the
> words of legislators behind the English-only bill in the Oklahoma state
> legislature:
> 
> "...maintain a tradition of assimilation through our
> common language of English."
> 
> It seems hard to reconcile this position with Native American language
> preservation.  Though I imagine the architects of such legislation view NA
> languages as "preservation at a distance".
> 
> l8ter,
> 
> Phil
> UofA