THE WAR ON ENGLISH!
So I was watching the view this morning and one of the hot topics was on Nancy Pelosi vs the Salvation Army's english only policy and well I have mix feelings about this, I do think its important to learn english its a good thing but I just don't agree 100% with the people that think "English Only" is the answer and I really feel that this idea is more of an attack on the latino community then an answer. : /
" The Big Story, co-host John Gibson stated that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is "trying to force The Salvation Army to hire people who don't speak English." Gibson was referring to Pelosi's reported pledge not to enact a provision that would prevent the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from pursuing a national-origin discrimination lawsuit against The Salvation Army for allegedly firing two Spanish-speaking workers after the organization began enforcing an English-language policy. During the ensuing segment, which featured an interview with Republican presidential candidate Rep. Tom Tancredo (CO) by co-host Heather Nauert, a full-screen graphic appeared, showing a picture of Nancy Pelosi and the phrases "THE WAR ON ENGLISH!" "Just 'Say No' to America's Language" and "Why?""
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" The Big Story, co-host John Gibson stated that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is "trying to force The Salvation Army to hire people who don't speak English." Gibson was referring to Pelosi's reported pledge not to enact a provision that would prevent the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from pursuing a national-origin discrimination lawsuit against The Salvation Army for allegedly firing two Spanish-speaking workers after the organization began enforcing an English-language policy. During the ensuing segment, which featured an interview with Republican presidential candidate Rep. Tom Tancredo (CO) by co-host Heather Nauert, a full-screen graphic appeared, showing a picture of Nancy Pelosi and the phrases "THE WAR ON ENGLISH!" "Just 'Say No' to America's Language" and "Why?""
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The full article says it all. As Media Matters for America has noted, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended in 1991, which prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of national origin -- the provision of law on which the EEOC suit is based -- specifically includes an exception for "those certain instances where ... national origin is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that particular business or enterprise." And indeed, the lawsuit specifically alleged that the ability to speak English "was unrelated to the job they had been performing since 1999."
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