Cycloptichorn:
Quote:Hmm, I'd say it is about half and half. For many people it certainly is about race and culture.
From which aspect are they coming from? I know for me it is about protecting American culture. I know we have a mixture of cultures here and we add each new one to our own collective culture. The problem arrises when outside cultures start demanding that we change our culture to accept them without them having to accept our own. Look at the story I posted a few weeks ago about the kids on the bus. Because there was some Hmong families they created their own "academy" for their children so that they could teach the children about the Hmong culture. Well thats fine and dandy if this is a private school but I don't think it is because they are using public school buses for get the kids to school and back home. Last I checked this was the US and in our schools we taught American history and culture. How are these kids going to do when they go to college? Are they going to demand classes at the college about their culture and then know nothing about the US history and culture?
If religion can only be taught in the home then why can't people's native culture be taught the same way. Let the parents teach about the old country and let the schools teach about their new one.
Quote:If it wasn't, why the push for the primacy of English? Why the complaints about documents printed in Spanish? The amount of money they cost is trivial, so I feel there are probably deeper reasons which have to do with race and culture.
The push for english is because we live in the US and that is what speak here. Do you speak a language other then english? I know I don't but I wish I did. If I did I still would think english should be the offical language of the US. Thats because I'm an American. If people moving here don't like it, we aren't forcing them to stay. Last I checked this country belonged to us Americans.
You say the cost is trivial but can you tell me how much money is spent printing offical govt documents in forgein tongues?
Quote:It isn't just about race, but it is a large component of it.
I will disagree with you. I for instance want illegals thrown out regardless of where they are from. We have illegal immigrants here from the EU as well as others that don't have white people who live there. China, South America, Mexico, the Middle East. As far as I care, they can all be sent away if they are illegal. It just happens that the largest group of illegals is brown and happen to be from a country that is bordering ours, that doesn't mean people hate mexicans, it just means they are tired of the mexican encourging their people to leave and come here and when they get to the states, the illegals will complain about being targeted when it is them that put themselves in the way of being targeted.
