Spanish No More
What is it with libraries all of a sudden? I mean, aren’t they suppose to be the last bastion of free expression in America? Sure, there is often a great deal of pressure put on libraries to ban books, give over details to the gov on what folks are reading, that sort of fascist crap all too common today, but when the libraries themselves begin to make weird, fascistic rules, well, ya gotta wonder.
First the Porter County, Indiana library system forbids homeless kids from taking out books and now Gwinnett County near Atlanta, Georgia has eliminated funds for Spanish language fiction! In a county where 1 in 6 of the 700,000 residents is Latino, this has, as you might imagine, upset a few folks.
According to Brett Taylor, a library board member offended by the move (thankfully, someone is) claims it was made after a number of small-minded racists, er, that is, residents of the county, complained about taxpayer money being used to buy books that, oh my the sheer horror, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS might find entertaining!
Here’s a link if you have the stomach to read it. Read their lips: No more Spanish novels
supposedly this is a way to force the Hispanics to assimilate. Can’t you just see the Republican meeting.
“If they can’t take books out of the library in Spanish they’ll have to become good Americans!”
Comment by jmnlman | June 26, 2006 @ 2:14 pm
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