Common Sense English Act

[awebster@siu.edu]

Bill, 

That is the EEOC v. RD's Drive In/Exxon (or Kidman) case. Here 
is a link concerning the current status from Dennis Baron's web 
of language:

http://webtools.uiuc.edu/blog/view?topicId=1220

best, akw

 
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>Date: 31-jan-2008 18:51:00 -0600
>From: "William J Poser" <wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU>
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>To: <ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
>Subject: Re: [ILAT] Common Sense English Act
>
>As I recall there was a case of this type involving
>Navajo a few years ago, of which I never heard the outcome.
>If my memory is correct, it involved a fast-food restaurant
>in Page. The owners prohibited Navajo employees from speaking
>Navajo with each other. The owners' claim was that the 
employees
>were making nasty comments about them, or maybe other 
employees,
>I forget. I don't remember whether the employees were fired
>and sued or whether they stayed on but made a complaint to the
>EEOC. Anyone know about this case?
>
>Bill
> 
>
>
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Anthony K. Webster, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology &
Native American Studies Minor
Southern Illinois University
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