The hate crime committed by Keith Johnson against the Basque community has elicited a formal complaint by the Basque Government to the Wall Street Journal.
Here you have the note published by EITb:
My goodness, and then the author responds that he was not trying to denigrate Euskara. What was he trying to do? Please his Spanish wife with a last name that reminds us of another Basque-phobe, this one by the name of José Millán Astray?
A true apology is expected Mr. Johnson, your demi-cul one is not gonna fly.
Here you have the note published by EITb:
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Article about Basque
Basque Government sends complaint letter to Wall Street Journal
11/09/2007
The letter says the article "doesn't reflect neither the situation of Basque language nor the linguistical politics of the Executive". The author answered saying he didn't pretend to denigrate the Euskera.
Basque Government answered with indignation the article published on Tuesday by the Wall Street Journal entitled "Basque Inquisition: How Do You Say Shepherd in Euskera?", an article "which doesn't reflect neither the situation of the Euskera nowadays nor the linguistical politics of the Executive of Gastéis. It is also surprising the fact that the article appeared in the front page of a newspaper of economic articles".
Aitor Sotes, representative of Basque Government in the US, said he was surprised when he read that and he added that he has sent a letter asking for a rectification.
The executive od Gasteiz defends that the Euskera is in a revival moment after 40 years of dictatorship. This is possible thanks to the efforts of the different areas such as Education or Health.
My goodness, and then the author responds that he was not trying to denigrate Euskara. What was he trying to do? Please his Spanish wife with a last name that reminds us of another Basque-phobe, this one by the name of José Millán Astray?
A true apology is expected Mr. Johnson, your demi-cul one is not gonna fly.
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