Crafton "I Know Brown People"
Real American Eric Crafton says:
"Making English the official language is a racist, mean-spirited ploy" is always the first salvo they fire. Anyone who supports our Founding Fathers' ideas or embraces America's culture and language is automatically labeled a racist. Funny thing: My Japanese wife and my American-Mexican brother-in-law don't think so.
Yep, because we all know the Japanese have heightened racial sensitivity...
I know its fun to call people a racist, and Eric Crafton may well be one, but his proposed English-First ordinance is not inherently racist (though I'm sure 9 out of 10 racists do support it).
Xenophobic maybe, nationalistic for sure, but it does not necessarily pit races against one another because it just as easily discriminates against white Spaniards as it does mestizo Mexicans.
There is a fine line when talking about issues involving immigration. Racism is a vague word, and I think xenophobia and nationalism are much more specific in describing measures like the one supported by Rep. Crafton.
(h/t Mike Byrd)
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What the heck is an American Mexican?
I don't know, I'm guessing someone who puts America first above their Mexican heritage.
The proposal is not really xenophobic either. I do not know what the word to desrcibe fear of foreign languages is, but it is purely the language someone speaks that is in question - not their nationality. An English speaking person from Spain, France, Mexico, China, Japan, etc. would not be affected by this policy right?
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