Watch out for flying pigs...

I just read an article by Mike Littwin, and I actually agreed with most of it! I'm shocked and a little scared. I haven't done a ton of research on immigration...illegal or otherwise, so I'm not sure I'm ready to sound off on it. One of the big issues I do have is clear through a quote in Littwin's column.

"One person, upon seeing an overturned van, told a Rocky reporter he wondered who would pay the medical bills. That's not exactly how you'd hope people would react to an accident.
But it's the reaction you'd expect when a group of people have been effectively demonized." (emphasis mine)

Hispanohablantes (Spanish speaking people) have been demonized in this country...in this state.

The argument I often hear is--If I moved to another country, I would learn their language. I agree. If I moved to another country, I would do my best to learn the language, but if I found a group of English speaking folks, I'd be speaking English to them. I'd speak English in my home. English is part of my heritage, and I see no reason to abandon it.

So, why are Hispanohablantes looked down upon? Basically because they aren't speaking English. Did you know that people in the world are smart and don't speak English? I learned this lesson in college, and I'm ashamed to admit I didn't figure it out earlier. I was in a speech class with a guy from China. And listening to his speeches was SO HARD. He had not mastered the speaking of our language. I didn't have a good attitude about him...and in his final speech he talked about some very difficult medical concepts. He was Pre-Med!

My biggest issue is just the blatant bigotry. God made people...and at the tower of Babel he created multiple languages. He loves all of us. English, Spanish or Korean speakers. Jesus did not speak English, people!