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Gingrich: ¿Español—lingua del Bario?

By Scott Horton

Hace muchos años fue catedrático en Kennesaw State University, donde aparentaba valorar la cultura y el avance del conocimiento. Sin embargo hoy, como candidato para la nominación del partido Republicano para la presidencia de los Estados Unidos, el ex-presidente de la camara de diputados Newt Gingrich aparenta valorar la ignorancia y los insultos étnicos por encima de todo. Segun reportes del Denver Post, el Dr. Gingrich hizo el siguiente comentario en una presentación política en Colorado: “The government should quit mandating that various documents be printed in any one of 700 languages depending on who randomly shows up” to vote, said Gingrich, who is considering seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.

He made the comments in a speech to the National Federation of Republican Women. “The American people believe English should be the official language of the government . . . We should replace bilingual education with immersion in English so people learn the common language of the country and they learn the language of prosperity, not the language of living in a ghetto,” Gingrich said to cheers from the crowd of more than 100.

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