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So, is the BNP "an actor" in the development of language policy in the
UK?<br>
I share the same concerns as Jeff Millar as a month or two ago, I also
posted a response to a post about US immigration sourced from an
anti-immigration organization. <br>
I'm wondering if the informational value of "racist and xenophobic"
ideas then needs to be contextualized for the list as we are not all
experts on language policy in all parts of the globe (for example my
research areas are language policy in Canada and Japan) so when I read
the post under discussion, I had little contextualization for what I
was reading and how it might be spun for a BNP website audience... I
also want to reiterate that I find this list extremely useful in terms
of book and conference notices as well as news items and give thanks to
the moderator for his work. <br>
Eve<br>
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Francis Hult wrote:
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member of the list (as well as the moderator of another list), I would
suggest that greater awareness of the "racist and xenophobic ideas" of
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">Francis M. Hult,
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Web: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lgpolicy-list-bounces@groups.sas.upenn.edu">lgpolicy-list-bounces@groups.sas.upenn.edu</a> on behalf of <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jmillar@yorku.ca">jmillar@yorku.ca</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Mon 12/14/2009 3:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Language Policy List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [lg policy] UK: Tories Reveal Official
Immigration Policy<br>
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<p><font size="2"> As someone who has only recently joined this
mailing list, I respectfully<br>
offer the following comments to the moderator and to the other members<br>
regarding the posting “Tories Reveal Official Immigration Policy.” A
previous<br>
posting has already pointed out the source of the message, namely the
far-right<br>
British National Party. I, however, would like to express my dismay
that this<br>
message was ever sent over the list. I do not appreciate receiving
unsolicited<br>
propaganda from a neo-fascist organization in my inbox, even if it is
merely<br>
for informational purposes from a professional mailing list.<br>
I realize that the disclaimer at the bottom of every message makes
it clear<br>
that the list is meant solely as “a service to its members and implies
neither<br>
approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the
list as to<br>
the veracity of a message’s contents,” and that members “are encouraged
to post<br>
a rebuttal” to messages with which they disagree. However, I fail to
see what<br>
‘service’ is being provided by posting a message from the BNP. Couldn’t
the<br>
purely informational value of the message have been conveyed by posting
an<br>
article from IPPR, or a press release from Mayor Johnson, or even the<br>
Conservative Party? Furthermore, I don’t feel that members should have
to<br>
‘rebut’ the racist and xenophobic ideas of a group such as the BNP on
what is<br>
purportedly an academic mailing list. I am only taking the time to do
so now<br>
because I think it would be worse to let the posting pass unnoticed, as
if it<br>
were a message like any other.<br>
I have found many postings on this list useful, in particular the
book and<br>
journal notices, and the conference calls for papers. However, the
tendency to<br>
post from non-academic (and non-mainstream media) sources does not
provide the<br>
kind of information for members that an academic mailing list should,
and it<br>
can also be highly problematic, as in the present case.<br>
<br>
Jeff Millar<br>
PhD (3) Student, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics,<br>
York University, Toronto, Canada.<br>
E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jmillar@yorku.ca">jmillar@yorku.ca</a><br>
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<br>
Quoting Harold Schiffman <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:hfsclpp@gmail.com"><hfsclpp@gmail.com></a>:<br>
<br>
> Tories Reveal Official Immigration Policy: “Tens of Thousands of<br>
> Immigrants a Year”<br>
><br>
><br>
> A Conservative Party government will encourage “tens of thousands
of<br>
> immigrants” to come to Britain every year, according to Tory Party<br>
> shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling.<br>
> Speaking at an immigration debate organised by the leftist
Institute<br>
> for Public Policy Research think tank last week, Mr Grayling made
the<br>
> announcement after being questioned over Tory policy by Labour’s
Alan<br>
> Johnson. Mr Grayling said his party wants to bring in a “cap” on<br>
> immigration levels into Britain. According to his figures, more
than<br>
> 150,000 migrants entered Britain last year under the “tiers one and<br>
> two” category for “skilled migrants.” (As other figures have
shown, a<br>
> majority of these “skilled” migrants end up working in kitchens and<br>
> other menial tasks, but Mr Grayling ignored that issue.)<br>
><br>
> Referring to the 150,000 figure, Mr Grayling told the debate
audience<br>
> that a “Conservative government would seek to bring this number
down<br>
> to the tens of thousands, not the hundreds of thousands.” Mr<br>
> Grayling’s comments come hard on the heels of a pronouncement by
his<br>
> senior party colleague, Tory London mayor Boris Johnson, who said
he<br>
> wanted the taxpayer to pay for “all refugees in London to have
English<br>
> lessons.” Mr Johnson said the plan was part of his new “migration<br>
> board to lobby for more courses for non-English speakers. “It’s<br>
> imperative refugees learn English as soon as possible to ease their<br>
> integration into London life,” he said.<br>
><br>
> He has formed a “migration board” to direct more Government funds
for<br>
> language courses. The Conservative Party mayor is also actively<br>
> campaigning for a full amnesty for all illegal immigrants in
Britain.<br>
> Mr Johnson is backed by the Refugee Council which stressed that the<br>
> “process of integration starts from the moment a refugee arrives.”<br>
> Immigration facts which the Tories have ignored:<br>
><br>
> - The UK population is likely to hit 70 million by 2030.
Immigration<br>
> will account for 70 percent of the increase, directly and via
births<br>
> from immigrant parents.<br>
><br>
> - The total net inflow of foreign citizens from 1997 to 2007 has
been<br>
> 3 million, or roughly 5 percent of the population. To this must be<br>
> added illegal immigrants whose numbers are estimated to be around<br>
> 620,000.<br>
><br>
> - About 40 percent of the forecast increase in the number of<br>
> households will be due to immigration. Already, just over half of<br>
> inner London school pupils have a first language other than
English.<br>
> Continuing immigration will transform populations in many areas.<br>
><br>
> The British National Party alone stands for a zero immigration
policy,<br>
> in contrast to the Labour Party’s open doors policy and the Tory’s<br>
> fake “cap” policy.<br>
><br>
> The BNP alone states that the indigenous population of this
country is<br>
> under threat from colonisation and has the right under the United<br>
> Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to
protection<br>
> from invasion.<br>
><br>
><br>
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