It seems that the loony loopy Luddite left has been reduced to baby talk. No longer able to discuss issues rationally, they must resort to using on of the 3 title words to enter into any discussion or debate. No longer able to engage in rational discourse, the first words out of their mouth is "bush is Hitler" or "conservatives are Nazis" or "this amendment is racist" (Harry Reid).
Racist? OK, as Bakerstreet likes to point out, it is cultural supremacist. It is jingoistic. But Racists? Since when is a race, any race, limited to one language? Whites? Nein, Mein herr (oder Damen). Blacks? How many know that Swahili is a made up language by {shock} Englishmen! The continent speaks more languages, as do blacks the world over, than carter has liver pills (Ever seen a Black German speaking fluent German and English with a British accent? I have!) Hispanics? get a life! They are not a race. They include not only people of Spanish descent, but Portuguese as well (want to tell the Portuguese are really Spanish? Want to live very long?) And no, not all speak Spanish! Seen the blond haired senorita from Majorca? Asian? While the Chinese and Japanese writings are very pretty, they are hardly interchangeable. And what about Korean, Vietnamese, Cambodian, etc. Polynesian? Send a Tahitian to Hawaii and see how well he gets along!
No, the simple fact is language is language, and race is race. And to make a statement like Harry Reid did is tantamount to extreme bigotry. And ignorance. But I repeat myself.
No, harry Reid, the only thing racist about making English the National language of the US is your statement. It may be egotistical. It may be arrogant. It may be superfluous. But it is not racist. No, Harry Reid, you are the racist for thinking that all foreigners only speak Spanish, and thus must fit into your myopic stereotype of being Mexicans - which in itself is very racist as well. You learned well from your democrat roots. Congratulations and you may now don your hood from your racist roots.