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> Read their lips: No more Spanish novels
> Latino leaders protest a Georgia library system's decision to cut back on
> foreign-language works.
> From the Associated Press
>
> June 24, 2006
>
> LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The library system in this suburban Atlanta county
says no mas -
> it won't buy any more thrillers, romance novels or other works of adult
fiction in
> Spanish.
>
> The decision has angered Latino leaders and thrust Gwinnett County - where
one in six
> residents is Latino - into the nation's immigration debate.
>
> Last week, the library board in this fast-growing county of 700,000 people
eliminated
> the $3,000 that had been set aside to buy Spanish-language fiction in the
coming
> fiscal year. It offered no explanation, but the chairman said such book
purchases
> would lead readers of other foreign languages to demand the same
treatment.
>
> However, one board member, Brett Taylor, said the move came after some
residents
> objected to using taxpayer dollars to entertain readers who might be
illegal
> immigrants.
>
> "The argument was we didn't need to cater to illegal aliens," Taylor said.
"I'm
> personally offended by that. We have to look out for everybody."
>
> The budget cut passed without discussion at a June 12 meeting after the
library
> director had been fired for reasons the board has not disclosed.
>
> The 13-branch library system spent $2,200 for adult fiction in Spanish
since it
> started buying such books in January. It will continue to buy children's
books and
> adult nonfiction in Spanish, but not, say, the latest John Grisham
thriller in
> Spanish, or a Marcela Serrano novel in its original language.
>
> "We can't supply pleasure-reading material for all language groups, so
we're not
> going to go down that road," said Lloyd Breck, chairman of the library
board.
>
> Latino advocates were outraged, and said such cutbacks were rare across
the country.
>
> "A library is more than a place for kids to read books; it's often the
center of the
> community," said Raul Gonzalez of the National Council of La Raza. "A vast
majority
> of the people who don't speak English as their first language - guess
what - they're
> citizens of the U.S."
>
> The library system will spend about $12,000 out of an annual budget of
$22.2 million
> for Spanish-language adult nonfiction in the coming fiscal year, an
official there
> said.
>
>
>
> If you want other stories on this topic, search the Archives at
latimes.com/archives.
>
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Question 1, why is 1 of 6 county residents hispanic? Obviously they are
illegals and a roundup is warranted.

Question 2, most library sytems are pressed for funds. Why anything in a
foreign language except for a teaching text?

Hank
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