Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Speaking English is racist?

That seems to be the idea here:

"A bar owner who faced a discrimination complaint over a message in his window has removed a sign that read "For Service Speak English" and replaced it with one reading "Here We Speak English."

Housing Opportunities Made Equal, an area agency that handles fair-housing issues, filed a complaint with the state in July 2005 over the original sign. The Ohio Civil Rights Commission later ruled that it was discriminatory.

Ullum, 64, removed the "For Service Speak English" sign in November as part of a settlement agreement. The housing agency will not take issue with the new sign, executive director Elizabeth Brown said.

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It's discriminatory to ask people to speak the national language? I guess it's discriminatory not to go out with ugly women too. I mentioned this case at its outset -- on October 9, 2005.

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