do not allow outsiders to learn their language. I have noticed that
federal programs do this (thinking of signs at the local university
hospital) but afaik it is not mandated. Could be wrong though.
I phrased my comment as I did because I was making distinctions in my
mind between the US and Canada, where I do support the language laws.
Dana
----- Original Message -----
From: Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 13:45:29 -0500
Subject: Re: How do you feel about non-english speaking citizens?
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Actually, I was at a meeting last week where someone claimed that
there's a new federal mandate that all federally funded program have
materials available in the native (minority) language of any group
that meets a certain population percentage. For our county that would
be Hmong and Spanish. Eesh!
But, I haven't been able to find anything to back that up.... Do you
know how hard it is to google for that sort of thing?
On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 12:13:48 -0600, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's just silly. Not worth getting upset about. I have seen materials
> in other languages but Greek is not usually among them. Unless there
> is a big chunk of this that we are not hearing, his case is without
> merit. I applaud his wish to preserve his culture but you really can't
> expect every group to produce materials in every language, nor, in the
> context of the United States, should there be a mandate to do so.
> However where there is a significant group of a given culture (for
> example Navajos or New Mexico Hispanics) then they should be able to
> use their own language if they want to do so.________________________________
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