be Spanish speaking, and the remainder are Native American tribes
who govern themselves and set their own policies.
Imagine that in 2031, the State government of Arizona votes new
legislation into place, which splits pretty much 30/65 percent along
ethnicity and language lines. The governor vetoes the bill; the
legislature overrides the veto. Spanish is now the official language of
Arizona. The new bill includes the following sections:Article I: Spanish is the official language of the state of Arizona.
Article II: The civil administration, the health services and social
services, the public utility enterprises, the professional
corporations, the associations of employees and all enterprises
doing business in Arizona will institute Spanish-only policies.
Article III: All governmental offices and parliamentary structures
will conduct business in Spanish.
Article IV: Workers will not be required or encouraged to speak
any language other than Spanish.
Article V: All consumer information must be in Spanish.
Article VI: All public education at all levels is to be conducted
exclusively in Spanish. English will not be used or heard in any
Arizona school with the exception of classes in which the English
language is being taught.
Article VII: Product labels, their instructions, manuals, warranty
certificates as well as restaurant menus and wine lists must be in
Spanish. All street signs, including shop signs, must be in
Spanish. Violations will be heavily fined.
Article IX: Catalogues, brochures, folders, commercial directories
and other such publications, must be in the official language. All
software (for example, video games and operating systems) must
be available in Spanish by the year 2035.This will most likely strike you as absurd. It’s too extreme in the way it
simply nullifies the rights of native and/or monolingual English speakers.
Such sweeping legislation must be challenged immediately in the courts.