Comments on: Speak English Only! http://businessblogs.us/blog/daily-blog/495/speak-english-only.html Blog Consulting (559) 761-0910 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:30:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Charles Crawford http://businessblogs.us/blog/daily-blog/495/speak-english-only.html/comment-page-1#comment-1112 Charles Crawford Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:34:36 +0000 http://businessblogs.us/blog/?p=495#comment-1112 It is pretty disturbing when you think about it. Because the StumbleUpon commenter is right. It's not far from taking a step backwards to some serious racism. If it were one of the signs below, people would be up in arms: <img src="http://businessblogs.us/images/nina-irish-sign.gif" alt="nina sign no irish need apply"> But because it's ok to lump this type of racism with the anti illegal immigration stuff many people in this area don't stand up and say anything about it. It doesn't mean that I have to lie down though, which was my reasoning behind this article. I do hope it sparks some discussion and I do hope that companies think twice before engaging in this type of customer racism. It is pretty disturbing when you think about it. Because the StumbleUpon commenter is right. It’s not far from taking a step backwards to some serious racism.

If it were one of the signs below, people would be up in arms:

nina sign no irish need apply

But because it’s ok to lump this type of racism with the anti illegal immigration stuff many people in this area don’t stand up and say anything about it.

It doesn’t mean that I have to lie down though, which was my reasoning behind this article. I do hope it sparks some discussion and I do hope that companies think twice before engaging in this type of customer racism.

]]> By: Charles Crawford http://businessblogs.us/blog/daily-blog/495/speak-english-only.html/comment-page-1#comment-1111 Charles Crawford Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:25:55 +0000 http://businessblogs.us/blog/?p=495#comment-1111 A comment made on StumbleUpon had such a great point on this article that I felt it was worth reposting it here: "This kind of crap really depresses me. I appreciate the attempt at the rational economic viewpoint but I happen to have a very real moral issue with this kind of thing. It really is not that far from "Speak English Only" to "Whites Only" or worse." You can see the comment by clicking this link: <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/businessblogs.us/blog/daily-blog/speak-english-only/02/10/2009/" rel="nofollow">Speak English Only at StumbleUpon</a> A comment made on StumbleUpon had such a great point on this article that I felt it was worth reposting it here:

“This kind of crap really depresses me. I appreciate the attempt at the rational economic viewpoint but I happen to have a very real moral issue with this kind of thing. It really is not that far from “Speak English Only” to “Whites Only” or worse.”

You can see the comment by clicking this link:

Speak English Only at StumbleUpon

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