Joe Paolino is not an " ignorant racist "

John St. Lawrence's letter today ( May 20 )
excoriating ex- Providence mayor, Joseph Paolino, is
a masterpiece of rabid political correctness.
   Mr. Paolino was a perfect gentleman in trying to
recover his reputation with the politically important
Hispanic community. It had been nearly ruined during
a campaign by a fiasco of misunderstanding and ill
will.
  I remember voting for him in the primary precisely
because I agreed with his view that -after all-
English - is for all practical purposes, the national
language of the United States . And that we should
be proud of it, the language of Shakespeare!
   A check of newspapers, television, radio programs,
and bulletin boards in welfare offices should
convince the ardent Mr. St. Lawrence that there is
no suppression of the Spanish language in the United
States. On the contrary !

    He would make it mandatory for us to learn
Spanish " at the earliest possible age ".
   I myself am a great believer in studying foreign
languages FREELY .

   Spanish is no more " inferior " in the United
States than English is in France .

   But don't listen to the likes of me. Like Joe

Paolino I am just a blatant white supremist .