English-Only - Summary

Nationalistic efforts to unite diverse people under a common language have historically led to dissention, discrimination and disenfranchise-ment. America is a country of enormous racial, ethnic and religious diversity, which is clearly evident in the beauty of our language and the impact that each wave of immigrants has on how we express ourselves. Our territories represent a diverse cultural community of non-English –speaking American citizens. English-only legislation is a threat to their unique cultural identities by attempting to eradicate their languages and, in part, the cultural identities of these sovereign territories.

It’s necessary that we educate ourselves about the issues of these movements in an effort to ensure that these initiatives do not provide a license to discriminate nor create a climate of intolerance toward linguistics minorities in our society.

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