Summary Of Blumenfeld's Article For The Huffington Post
Feijoo, Bianca
Prof. Vagnoni
ENC 1101
1 August, 2014
A Law That Divides And Demeans
With more than 318 million population (Census), the United States remains as one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Its languages and cultures range from English to
Portuguese and from Hispanic to Asian. This in effect, has generated controversy among government officials on whether or not to elect English as the official language. In fact,
Professor Warren J. Blumenfeld wrote an article for The Huffington Post in which he casually argues against the idea of adopting English as the official language for the United States.
According to Blumenfeld, this would not only create …show more content…
Precedingly, this sets a slightly burlesque tone for which the ironic simile proceeds a few sentences later. The comparison of popcorn and
Englishlaw exemplifies the ineffectiveness of this law. Either way if popcorn is codified as the
“official” snack for movie theater, people will still eat it. It is evident that Blumenfeld uses this ironic simile to denote idea of multicultural limitations.
The term “only” within the name of the law exposes itself as epitome of individualism and marginalization . In the Huffington Post, Blumenfeld uses the formal term, “isolationist” to
refer to the egocentric English only law that margins the expansion of multilingualism in the
United States, a country of diversity. However, he spontaneously shifts the tone to informal by adding, “Though French kisses our northern and Spanish our southern territorial perimeters”
(Warren J. Blumenfeld). This substantiates his idea of individualism penetrating the diversified roots of this.
As said in the article, diversity is something a country should be proud of
Prof. Vagnoni
ENC 1101
1 August, 2014
A Law That Divides And Demeans
With more than 318 million population (Census), the United States remains as one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Its languages and cultures range from English to
Portuguese and from Hispanic to Asian. This in effect, has generated controversy among government officials on whether or not to elect English as the official language. In fact,
Professor Warren J. Blumenfeld wrote an article for The Huffington Post in which he casually argues against the idea of adopting English as the official language for the United States.
According to Blumenfeld, this would not only create …show more content…
Precedingly, this sets a slightly burlesque tone for which the ironic simile proceeds a few sentences later. The comparison of popcorn and
Englishlaw exemplifies the ineffectiveness of this law. Either way if popcorn is codified as the
“official” snack for movie theater, people will still eat it. It is evident that Blumenfeld uses this ironic simile to denote idea of multicultural limitations.
The term “only” within the name of the law exposes itself as epitome of individualism and marginalization . In the Huffington Post, Blumenfeld uses the formal term, “isolationist” to
refer to the egocentric English only law that margins the expansion of multilingualism in the
United States, a country of diversity. However, he spontaneously shifts the tone to informal by adding, “Though French kisses our northern and Spanish our southern territorial perimeters”
(Warren J. Blumenfeld). This substantiates his idea of individualism penetrating the diversified roots of this.
As said in the article, diversity is something a country should be proud of