"Some Hispanic leaders lashed out Friday at California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's advice that immigrants should "turn off the Spanish television set" to better learn how to speak English.
Schwarzenegger, who immigrated to the U.S. from Austria, recently told a group of Hispanic journalists that immigrants should stay away from Spanish-language television, books and newspapers.
"You've got to turn off the Spanish television set," Schwarzenegger said Wednesday night at the annual convention of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in San Jose, Calif. "You're just forced to speak English, and that just makes you learn the language faster."
Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., called the governor's advice a "typical sound bite solution to an important issue," said Jim Dau, a spokesman for Sanchez.
Sanchez said immigrants face the challenge of taking an ESL course because of long lines and up to a three-year wait to get into a class..."
Awwwwwwwww. Poor babies. Think the Irish and the Germans and the Italians had English-Speaking Classes? Or even television to help them along? They practiced English every chance they got, and every house had a radio...English radio programming of course...cranking out the language around the clock.
How utterly predictable for a spanish Congresscritter to excuse her people's lack of ability with the language. Our language. The language of America. And if we have anything to say about it, it'll stay that way. You go, Arnold.
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