An Old, Old Theme - Xenophobic Americans

An extremely old and familiar theme in U.S. history1. That the writer of this call-out shot himself in the
has been the episodic anti-foreigner xenophobia. Sofoot in an implicit admission that this "Oh my God we
old, so familiar is this xenophobia, that at one time itare being invaded by all these disease ridden,
was illegal in 22 states to teach a foreign language.murderous Mexican illegals.", is a ruse, a deception, a
The Supreme Court had to overturn this idiocy andlie-they don't want any foreigners, Legal or Illegal, in
still, by 1954, only 56% of American high schoolsAmerica.
offered foreign language study with less than 14.2%2. There is a current "invasion" going on right now in
enrolled in foreign language study.[1]Mexico. The invaders are Americans who are invading
Today, less than 9.3% of Americans are fluent inMexico by the tens of thousands, running Mexicans
another language. Would you believe that many ofoff their land by buying it up, by forming
my readers find this lack of global sophistication aAmerican-English-Speaking-only enclaves-NEVER
"good thing"?BOTHERING TO ASSIMILATE THE CULTURE or
Like the word xenophobia or not, it is an actualLANGUAGE!
disorder historically suffered by the vast majority ofThese non-assimilating and nonSpanish-speaking
Americans. Applied to the linguistic issue it is called:American invaders are now in the hundreds of
xenoglossophobia.thousands if not millions. It is estimated that 363,000
America is currently in another episode ofAmericans are expatriating each year with most
anti-foreigner xenophobia, whether legal or illegal, andending up in Mexico.[3]
it is currently focused on Latinos of all stripes. YouThey are destroying the cohesive thread of Mexican
would think from the rhetoric that abounds onlinesociety at more than a million American expats. Most
that if you are a Latino, legal or illegal, you are theAmerican expats-and I mean the vast majority-never
biggest threat Americans have seen since World Warbother to learn the language.
II.You can visit a little town called San Miguel de Allende
Have you thought this immigration issue is an "Illegalwith about 10,000 American expats that have,
Alien" problem only? Guess again! On Frostyaccording to Mexicans we have interviewed and
Wooldridge's website (he is one of the gurus of theexpats who have fled that town because of the
anti-Mexican legal or illegal movement), there appearscultural destruction at the hands of Americans, ruined
this statement:it!
"Ladies and gentlemen of America-we are LOSING allSo I am wondering at this point if the word
four factors. If you look around you, we are losingHYPOCRISY comes screaming like a freight train in
the cohesive thread of our society at over fouryour mind? Or perhaps, DOUBLE STANDARD. Maybe
million legal and illegal immigrants annually. They arethat is what you are thinking.
not assimilating nor are they speaking ourI know I am!
language."[2][1] 2005 was made for you, monolingual Americans
This appears to be what is called a "call-out" inThere's a reason you fear learning foreign languages
journalism. This is a journalistic device to call attentionBy DOUGLAS BOWER; Houston Chronicle
to the article itself.[2]
But, do not miss what he said here: Legal and Illegal[3] The U.S. Census Bureau statistical yearbook of
immigrants. I've long suspected this has never beenthe Immigration and Naturalization Service. In a report
an issue of "Illegal Immigrants" only.called, Private Citizens Abroad, written by the U.S.
The absolute hysterical hypocrisy of this call-out is:Bureau of Consular Affairs.