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USA: Should Public Libraries be English-Only?

Categories: North America, U.S.A., Citizen Media

In the city of Denver, Colorado, there's an ugly fight breaking out [1] over whether public libraries should provide books and other materials in Spanish. Anti-immigration groups argue that publicly funded libraries should be English-only, while library supporters retort that curtailing Spanish-language content is discriminatory and doesn't reflect the ever-changing population demographics of the United States.