Language row in U.S.
NZPA staff correspondent Washington A drive to make English the official language of the United States is gaining momentum, but many Hispanics claim it is motivated by racism. Some 23 million Americans have a first language other than English, and in many parts of the country there are areas where no
English is heard at all, and even supermarket signs are all in Spanish. The leader of the movement is Senator Sam Hayakawa (Republican, California) himself a linguist who speaks several languages. He says he fears that the United States will become a “Hispanic Quebec” if English is not institutionalised as the official language.
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Press, 4 April 1985, Page 28
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