Re: Mexican flags in Denver Public Schools Classrooms?

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:51:34 GMT, "Byron Canfield"
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>> >> > >> Here's my first question-what classroom, in what context? It
>wasn't
>> >> > >> uncommon
>> >> > >> when I was in high school for foreign language cl***** to have
>flags
>> >of
>> >> > >> the
>> >> > >> countries where the language was spoken on display. Not in the
>same
>> >way
>> >> > >> as
>> >> > >> the US flag, but as an artifact.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Not only that.  When I was in school we had all sorts of
education
>in
>> >> > > foreign languages and cultures - up to and including native
dances
>and
>> >> > > literature.
>> >> >
>> >> > Apparently Xenophobia 101 has replaced language and world history.
>And
>> >the
>> >> > Luddites go marching along....
>> >>
>> >> And we wonder why Americans can't find KUwait on a map.
>> >
>> >I know many Latin Americans that can't find Suriname either. Many
don't
>even
>> >know the location of Latin American countries.
>> >
>> >
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>> I once knew a burrito ape from Baja Sur that didn't know what Oaxaca
was,
>nevermind what country
>> it's in.
>
>Oh, c'mon. Let's get creative with the racist slurs. You can do better
than
>that. Interesting that you've used a native American name as a means of
>hiding your cowardly racist self.

Barney, go **** yourself and all of your beloved spics, okay? Thanks.