Word: englishness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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OBVIOUSLY Harvard wants to keep its students in Cambridge. As an English major. I had hoped to spend a semester or year in Great Britain studying English literature, but the labyrinthine procedure was very intimidating as a freshman, and then tutorials and other necessities discouraged the thought permanently...
There are virtually no Asian movie stars besides Pat Morita, who played "Arnold" on Happy Days (in heavily accented English) and Mr. Miyagi in Karate Kid (also in appropriate patois). Last year when John Lone and Joan Chen delivered two excellent performances in The Last Emperor they were both completely ignored by the Academy Awards...
...particularly vicious stereotype appears in a new Pontiac ad. The ad features representatives from a variety of car manufacturers. When the fictional spokesman for Nissan--an Asian actor--stands up he blathers on in basically incomprehensible English. We are meant to see him not only as an enemy, but as a particular type of enemy. He is loud and boorish, all bug-eyes and buck teeth. It is a convenient way to deal with American fears, making Asians seem at once crude and oddly polite and subservient...
...Anglos no longer have to accommodate Spanish speakers on their they can legally force them to deal in English. Banks, stores, post offices, buses, doctors' offices, and any other facet of daily life can easily exclude many who are equally deserving of their services. This is hardly an exaggeration, considering the leverage the state legislatures have in implementing the new policy and the tendency for these bodies to reflect the whims of the electorate...
...this article by appropriate legislation," as the Florida referendum pledges. Will the state empower a school teacher to punish an eight-year student for speaking Spanish in the classroom? Will it deny Hispanic criminal defendants from hearing their rights because they cannot understand arresting officers? Will it dissuade non-English speakers from using public transportation or applying for jobs...