Did the Post read my blog?

I'm sure the folks at the Washington Post don't read my blog, but an editorial in today's paper excoriating Virginia State Senator Ken Cuccinelli for his mean-spirited anti-immigrant bill (Senate Bill No. 339) echoes two of the points I made a few weeks ago.

But the Posts editorial is much better written.  Darn it!

The Post editorial makes three simple points about the bill (which would allow employers to fire workers for speaking languages other than English while on the job):

• the bill is xenophobic, contributing to a dangerous anti-immigrant atmosphere
• the bill is overkill, making speaking other languages in the workplace an equal offense to substance abuse and lying about past criminal history
• the bill penalizes workers, not employers, even though it is the responsibility of employers to hire workers who fit the job description

(I made the first and third points, along with a few more, in my previous posts.)

To learn more about Cuccinelli's anti-immigrant bill, go back and read my two posts on the topic (¿Se Habla Inglés? and English Only in the Workplace) and also the editorial in today's Post, Second-Class Citizens.

I've already contacted my State Senator about this bill.  Have you?

Comments

[Rachel Hallowell]

That's the most outrageous thing I've ever heard of...must go contact my state senator. Thanks for the heads-up! ((I just started reading your blog, which is why I didn't see the earlier entries.))

-Rachel

[Eric]

Silly boy...of course the Post reads your blog...who doesn't :)

Seriously though...this bill is so outrageous that its hard to believe a human being would suggest something like that. Thanks for shedding light on this issue.