Sen. Yee (D-SF) recently passed SB 242, which would prohibit businesses denying services based on the language the customer spoke, with some exceptions for business transactions that require spoken language. The law grew out of a controversial decision by the Ladies’ Professional Golf Association (LPGA) to require that the pro golfers speak English, despite the fact that golf doesn’t really require spoken language. But, don’t worry, California still has some of those super classy folk! This is from an email received by Sen. Yee’s office:
You communist! If you live in this country, learn English, or get the hell out! Go live in China or Cuba and see row much you can yap your freaking gums about Chinese or Spanish. It’s a**holes like you who keep English from being our official language. The LPGA had it right! I don’t give a shit how many Asians are in the LPGA. Tell your fellow yellow folk to learn English or GET OUT!!!”
I wonder if this guy feels the same about the Navajo language?
Oh wait, you actually don’t have to love them. This phone message was received at Sen. Leland Yee’s office recently regarding his language discrimination bill, SB 242. The bill would include language discrimination into the Unruh Civil Rights Act. A reasonable idea, all in all, but obviously controversial. (By the by, the bill does have a business purposes exception.)
Anyway, this ignorant nativist decided to give Sen. Yee a piece of her mind. She was really angry that there were people talking on her radio. She was sure they were not in the country illegal, because they had the nerve to use another language.
If anything the call illustrates the need for this legislation. This woman apparently forgot that in fact the European immigrants were not here first. I have a hunch that the Native Americans might have a bit of an argument about who was here first.
But my favorite part was the end: “Leland, which is a white name.” This lady is mad that immigrants come to America and try to change it. Then she’s mad that he has a “white name.” Classic.
