Republicans trying to force the Library of Congress to use anti-immigrant language
The Library of Congress no longer wants to use words like “alien” and “illegal immigrant”, but Republicans are trying to stop the change.
Click here for reuse options!The library changes or eliminates thousands of subject headings each year as language, meaning and connotations evolve. The term “Negro,” for instance, was retired as a subject heading in 1975; “insane” was abandoned in 2007 and replaced with “mentally ill.”
…In April, Representative Diane Black, a Republican from Tennessee, introduced a bill called the Stopping Partisan Policy at the Library of Congress Act. It demanded that the library retain the terms “alien” and “illegal immigrant” as subject headings. “My constituents know that illegal immigration by any other name is still illegal, and we should identify it as such,” Ms. Black said in a statement. A version of her bill was later added as a provision in the appropriations bill for the legislative branch, which includes the Library of Congress.
In May, four other Republican lawmakers, including Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, wrote a letter to the library urging it not to change the terms. They accused the library of bowing “to the political pressure of the moment.”
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9 responses to Republicans trying to force the Library of Congress to use anti-immigrant language
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Suzanne McFly June 20th, 2016 at 16:53
If there are any politicians who should not be allowed to have any type of legislation it is Jeff Sessions and Ted Cruz, and apparently Diane Black.
Mike June 20th, 2016 at 16:55
They learned the power of words from Orwell …
Amersham46 June 20th, 2016 at 18:34
Has this GOP Congress have any more pressing events to deal with
Red Mann June 20th, 2016 at 20:33
What’s more important than stopping the Liberal/Muslin/Gay Agenda to destroy Amurika, Apple Pie and Mom?
bpollen June 21st, 2016 at 03:51
Profit, of course.
Mensa Member June 20th, 2016 at 22:40
>> GOP Congress have any more pressing events to deal with
You mean like keeping assault weapons and explosives out of the hands or terrorists?
Wrong!
bpollen June 21st, 2016 at 03:55
There is that not voting on the Supreme Court vacancy thing, pretending to have a replacement for the Affordable Care Act (that’s a recurring favorite, right Paul?) and blaming stuff on political correctness and decrying the lack of specific language to stop terrorism (must be them “magic” words.)
Mensa Member June 20th, 2016 at 22:35
Librarians are on the front lines of the First Amendment and intellectual freedom.
I suspect that most Americans don’t appreciate this.
Lots of librarians have a story about some conservative taking a run at their job over a book they didn’t approve of.
Carla Akins June 21st, 2016 at 04:02
These are the bills that are duly elected representatives are busy working? Really?