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[Waggle Room] It got to the point where journalists were seemingly looking for any angle to offer a Yankee pat on the back to Asian players that understood the importance of learning English and were making their best effort to do it. While I agree that anyone is to be commending for trying to better themselves through education, the kind of writing that we were seeing edged on patronization.

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[Untitled] LPGA English Policy Is Discriminatory; AAJC Urges Sponsors To ...: – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) urges the LPGA sponsors to withdraw support of the Tour until the English proficiency policy is retracted. The LPGA will require all players to be proficient in English starting in 2009 and those who cannot pass an oral evaluation of English skills face suspension from the Tour.

[Untitled] LPGA English Issue is Back on the Table - Waggle Room: I think the best point made in this thread is that much of this controversary could be toned down if the LPGA and/or media would spend some more time introducing us to the current and future women golf stars who just so happen to be foreign…personally, I will admit that my perception was that most of the Korean players are just shy and introverted and scared to become integrated into the public/social side of being a professional golfer – I think the reality is that for most this is not the case –

[Untitled] Lieu and Yee Help Rescind LPGA English Language Policy Penalty ...: In a surprising twist of events in the LPGA English language controversy, Asian American political leaders Sen. Leland Yee of San Francisco and Assemblyman Ted Lieu of Los Angeles were able to help rescind the LPGA Tour Commission’s .

[Untitled] Slant Eye For The Round Eye: Five "D" Words, Phrases, And Lambda ...: Cho, having appeared as both Harold and Sulu, will make the Asian geek trifecta with this role as the power-ring-wearing, power-mad villain. Other horribly placed sources tell us that Tommy Chong is being eyed to play the Mandarin's father, who claims to be the real genius responsible for the weaponeering success of Howard Stark, Tony's beloved dad.

[Untitled] Look back at 2008 LPGA season | ScrippsNews: Remember her name: Several Asian players burst onto the scene, but Taiwan's Yani Tseng bears watching. The rookie won the LPGA Championship, a major, had 10 top-10 finishes and was third on the money list with $1,752,086.

[Untitled] Jan Stephenson says LPGA's English-language rule has brought a new ...: The rule, clearly aimed at the growing number of Asian players dominating the tour, seemed to confirm that Stephenson, a Hall of Fame golfer, was not alone in the sentiments that got her in trouble five years ago. She drew a firestorm of criticism for saying in a 2003 GOLF Magazine interview that the influx of Asian players was "killing" the tour and that the LPGA should consider quotas on foreign players.

[Untitled] LPGA English Only Rule Clarified by Commisioner: Minimal English ...: According to Bivins, another aspect of the LPGA Tour's language program, which has received little attention, relates to events played outside the U.S. Says Bivins, "As part of our Board-approved strategic plan, we are producing cultural briefings for each tournament beginning this fall. Among items shared with members will be key phrases for communicating in the native language of the country in which the event is held.

[Untitled] Slant Eye For The Round Eye: Senator Leland Yee, The LPGA, English ...: Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) is leading an effort to oppose a recently announced policy by the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) to require its athletes to speak English starting in 2009. Senator Yee and his Democratic colleagues in the Senate today sent a letter to LPGA Chief Executive Carolyn Bivens blasting the policy.

[Untitled] The Golf Blog: Asian American Justice Center organizes boycott of ...: - The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) urges the LPGA sponsors to withdraw support of the Tour until the English proficiency policy is retracted. The LPGA will require all players to be proficient in English starting in 2009 and those who cannot pass an oral evaluation of English skills face suspension from the Tour.

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[Untitled] The Golf Blog: The LPGA to require players to speak English in ...: While it is of course their prerogative as a private organization to institute this sort of rule (it IS a U.S. organization - I don't think it would unreasonable for a South Korean organization organization to insist that their members speak Korean--even if this is an unlikely scenario), I do think that this is a bad move on LPGA's part.

[Untitled] Hyphen Blog: Then I was came to the conclusion that women in Burmuda shorts and sleeveless polo shirts would be entertaining IF they spoke English. Uh racist spokeswoman of the LPGA, partaking in a sport that originally was meant for the rich is your job and it will always be boring!

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