| An extremely old and familiar theme in U.S. | | | | 1. That the writer of this call-out shot |
| history has been the episodic anti-foreigner | | | | himself in the foot in an implicit admission |
| xenophobia. So old, so familiar is this | | | | that this "Oh my God we are being invaded by |
| xenophobia, that at one time it was illegal | | | | all these disease ridden, murderous Mexican |
| in 22 states to teach a foreign language. The | | | | illegals.", is a ruse, a deception, a |
| Supreme Court had to overturn this idiocy and | | | | lie-they don't want any foreigners, Legal or |
| still, by 1954, only 56% of American high | | | | Illegal, in America. |
| schools offered foreign language study with | | | | |
| less than 14.2% enrolled in foreign language | | | | 2. There is a current "invasion" going on |
| study.[1] | | | | right now in Mexico. The invaders are |
| | | | Americans who are invading Mexico by the tens |
| Today, less than 9.3% of Americans are fluent | | | | of thousands, running Mexicans off their land |
| in another language. Would you believe that | | | | by buying it up, by forming |
| many of my readers find this lack of global | | | | American-English-Speaking-only enclaves-NEVER |
| sophistication a "good thing"? | | | | BOTHERING TO ASSIMILATE THE CULTURE or |
| | | | LANGUAGE! |
| Like the word xenophobia or not, it is an | | | | |
| actual disorder historically suffered by the | | | | These non-assimilating and |
| vast majority of Americans. Applied to the | | | | nonSpanish-speaking American invaders are now |
| linguistic issue it is called: | | | | in the hundreds of thousands if not millions. |
| xenoglossophobia. | | | | It is estimated that 363,000 Americans are |
| | | | expatriating each year with most ending up in |
| America is currently in another episode of | | | | Mexico.[3] |
| anti-foreigner xenophobia, whether legal or | | | | |
| illegal, and it is currently focused on | | | | They are destroying the cohesive thread of |
| Latinos of all stripes. You would think from | | | | Mexican society at more than a million |
| the rhetoric that abounds online that if you | | | | American expats. Most American expats-and I |
| are a Latino, legal or illegal, you are the | | | | mean the vast majority-never bother to learn |
| biggest threat Americans have seen since | | | | the language. |
| World War II. | | | | |
| | | | You can visit a little town called San Miguel |
| Have you thought this immigration issue is an | | | | de Allende with about 10,000 American expats |
| "Illegal Alien" problem only? Guess again! On | | | | that have, according to Mexicans we have |
| Frosty Wooldridge's website (he is one of the | | | | interviewed and expats who have fled that |
| gurus of the anti-Mexican legal or illegal | | | | town because of the cultural destruction at |
| movement), there appears this statement: | | | | the hands of Americans, ruined it! |
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| "Ladies and gentlemen of America-we are | | | | So I am wondering at this point if the word |
| LOSING all four factors. If you look around | | | | HYPOCRISY comes screaming like a freight |
| you, we are losing the cohesive thread of our | | | | train in your mind? Or perhaps, DOUBLE |
| society at over four million legal and | | | | STANDARD. Maybe that is what you are |
| illegal immigrants annually. They are not | | | | thinking. |
| assimilating nor are they speaking our | | | | |
| language."[2] | | | | I know I am! |
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| This appears to be what is called a | | | | [1] 2005 was made for you, monolingual |
| "call-out" in journalism. This is a | | | | Americans There's a reason you fear learning |
| journalistic device to call attention to the | | | | foreign languages By DOUGLAS BOWER; Houston |
| article itself. | | | | Chronicle |
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| But, do not miss what he said here: Legal and | | | | [2] |
| Illegal immigrants. I've long suspected this | | | | |
| has never been an issue of "Illegal | | | | [3] The U.S. Census Bureau statistical |
| Immigrants" only. | | | | yearbook of the Immigration and |
| | | | Naturalization Service. In a report called, |
| The absolute hysterical hypocrisy of this | | | | Private Citizens Abroad, written by the U.S. |
| call-out is: | | | | Bureau of Consular Affairs. |
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