Common Sense English Act

[awebster@siu.edu]

Dear all,

We should also remember the EEOC has filed lawsuits to protect 
Native American languages, such as Navajo in EEOC v. RD's Drive 
IN/Exxon. So it should be understood that this bill would 
target Native languages as well as Spanish.

When I was working on the Navajo Nation in 2000, Prop 203 was 
being debated (English for the children), and it was stunning 
to realize that many people in Arizona did not realize the 
ramifications that such a bill would have on Native language 
programs.

The target here is Spanish (as it was with Prop 203), which is 
wrong in my view in the first place. But more than that, there 
is also the complete disregard for Native American languages 
that such a bill exhibits. 

Just my thoughts. Best, akw



Anthony K. Webster, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology &
Native American Studies Minor
Southern Illinois University
Mail Code 4502
Carbondale, IL 62901-4502
618-453-5027