Edith-- I am happy that you are interested in this topic, about which
I have written in the past-- and the issues are still vey much alive,
sadly. You can look up my articles -- believe me, the points are all
still relevant. [and you can see by my titles what my point of view
is, but you need to read them in order to get the details] . The
Chronicle article (4) is the shortest, and probably the easiest one to
access on line.
(1) La hispanofobia del movimiento "inglés oficial" en los Estados
Unidos por la oficialización del inglés, Alteridades: Derechos humanos
lingüísticos en sociedades multiculturales, Año 5, núm. 10, 55-65.
1995,
TRANSLATED/REPRINTED as The Hispanophobia of the Official English
Movement in the US, Intl Journal of the Soc. of Lang. 127. pp.71-76.
1997.
(2)
Ethnolinguistic pluralism as scapegoat: The lessons of the Canadian
experience for U.S. Latinos. International Journal of the Sociology of
Language, No. 10, pp. 155-167. 1994.
(3) Who supports English-only and why?: The influence of social
variables and questionnaire methodology. Perspectives on Official
English: The Campaign for English as the Official Language of the USA,
Karen Adams and Daniel Brink, eds., Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter
Press, 1990
(4) English-Only laws will foster divisiveness, not unity: They are
anti-Hispanic, anti-elderly, and anti-female. The Chronicle of Higher
Education, Nov. 23, 1988, Pp. B1, B3.
REPRINTED IN: The Right to Know, Vol. 3. Z. Horn & N. Gruber, eds.
Oakland, CA: The Data Center, p. 223, 1990.
GOOD LUCK with your important project. On TUES, NOV 2, OKLAHOMA will
vote to become the 31st state to pass this unnecessary and damaging
law.
Sincerely, ACZ
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