Talk:Jan Wong controversy
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[edit] NPOV dispute
This entry, in its current form, seems almost entirely concerned with painting with Mrs. Wong's article in the worst possible light. I don't have an opinion on Mrs. Wong's article itself (in fact, I haven't read it and didn't even know about the controversy until reading about it here on Wikipedia), but this entry is definitely not neutral in tone and needs to be fixed. -- Schnee (cheeks clone) 15:40, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Deprecated
Er, who exactly decided "pure laine" was "deprecated"? It may be deeply politically incorrect to use nowadays, rather like the terms "Negro" or "Jewess" in English, but "deprecated" suggests it has been excised from the somehow language, which is obviously false.
We should be able to say Jan Wong used the term without some mealymouthed qualifier explaining modern Quebecers don't use the term much now. Come to think of it, if it's really that important to mention, then pure laine deserves an article of its own. --Saforrest 21:17, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Linguistic discrimination
The subject of Jan Wong's article is a very relevant issue.
If one is to interview those individuals who are not French bilingual, there would be ample evidence that Jan Wong's observations are highly perceptive.
It is interesting to note that those who reacted so negatively to her article are successful bilingual individuals who would not have had experienced the bias the article speaks of.
The lack of reaction from the rest of Canada should indicate that this entry lacks objectivity.
