From: Ellen K. 

Now that mandated "bilingual education" was voted out here,
Latino parents get to CHOOSE (what a concept!) whether they want their kids
educated in Spanish or English.  The vast majority are picking English.

And by the way, my company was built on helping Spanish speakers learn English.

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:57:49 -0400, "Gary Britt"
 wrote in message :

>Your examples don't affect the melting pot.  While such overt discrimination
>is never necessary or desirable, it was an incentive for the immigrants to
>blend in visually and culturally with the mainstream culture.
>
>We didn't have Gaelic or Italian classes and instruction in our public
>schools.  It was sink or swim learn English.  We didn't have ballots in
>Italian or  German or Gaelic or Yiddish.  They were in English, and
>immigrants took pride in learning English and adopting the mainstream
>culture.
>
>Now we tell them don't learn English, don't adopt the mainstream culture,
>don't seek to be part of the larger society in language, appearance, and
>general beliefs.  That is FAR WORSE for the melting pot that is our
>strength, than some overt discrimination.
>
>Non-Overt discrimination is not a measure or even related to whether the
>melting pot is working especially in the early generations of immigrants.
>
>Gary
>
>"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>news:453d384b{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Actually I think we are doing far, far better now. Read some of the
>> stories in the past about 'no Irish need apply' and the hostility to the
>> immigrant waves of the Slavs, Italians and Jews that followed the Irish
>>
>>
>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> news:453d32fd$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> Thanks Dave.  While we do better at integration of immigrants than most,
>>> we don't do it nearly as well today as we did during the great waves of
>>> immigration in prior centuries.  In fact since the multiculturialism
>>> virus took hold here and the rest of the world most policy makers have
>>> been convinced to teach that the old "melting pot"
theory of USA culture
>>> is a bad thing when in fact it is a very important part of our strength.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> "Dave Ings"  wrote in message
>>> news:453d1b2a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> There is much to admire in Europe (as there is in the US). However I
>>>> think the demonstrated ability of the USA to integrate newcomers is
>>>> something that should be admired and learned from.
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Dave Ings,
>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>>
>>>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>>>> news:453cfb21$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>
>>>>> That's not a surprise.  Everyone does better in the USA than in
>>>>> Europe!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

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