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The Spanish-translated page of news in the Sunday Bonanza has been met by the community with cheers as well as opposition. Some congratulate the Bonanza for acknowledging there is a Spanish-speaking segment of our community. Others vehemently say the Bonanza is anti-American and publication of a Spanish page discourages Latinos from learning English.
To answer those who are for or against this page, the Bonanza responds that the Spanish page in the Sunday paper is simply a bridge.
It is a bridge to a group of people who call Incline Village home.
The Latino community in Incline Village is not a faceless entity, as some portray it. The community is composed of individuals with hopes and dreams, students attending our schools, workers in our businesses, people whose paychecks are a part of our economy and whose culture adds some diversity to our lives.
The ones who are most adamantly against a Spanish-language page seem to also speak in generalizations, as if they do not personally know someone of a different race and can only respond with their biases. We hope the Spanish-language page will be a bridge that puts faces on another culture living here in our hometown.
The Spanish-language page in the Sunday Bonanza is not going to make a difference whether someone chooses to speak English or not. Although, it is entirely possible that the Spanish page will encourage someone to read the rest of the paper in English.
But it is a bridge.
It is saying to the Latino men, women, students and children in Incline Village that the Bonanza recognizes they are a part of this community. Our goal is to build a bridge and be informational, which is part of our mission statement. We also are a voice of the community and as this voice, we are passionate about being a voice for our diverse community.
The North Lake Tahoe Bonanza is your community newspaper and it is our mission to serve the entire community, even if that requires the small bridge of one page a week in Spanish.
To answer those who are for or against this page, the Bonanza responds that the Spanish page in the Sunday paper is simply a bridge.
It is a bridge to a group of people who call Incline Village home.
The Latino community in Incline Village is not a faceless entity, as some portray it. The community is composed of individuals with hopes and dreams, students attending our schools, workers in our businesses, people whose paychecks are a part of our economy and whose culture adds some diversity to our lives.
The ones who are most adamantly against a Spanish-language page seem to also speak in generalizations, as if they do not personally know someone of a different race and can only respond with their biases. We hope the Spanish-language page will be a bridge that puts faces on another culture living here in our hometown.
The Spanish-language page in the Sunday Bonanza is not going to make a difference whether someone chooses to speak English or not. Although, it is entirely possible that the Spanish page will encourage someone to read the rest of the paper in English.
But it is a bridge.
It is saying to the Latino men, women, students and children in Incline Village that the Bonanza recognizes they are a part of this community. Our goal is to build a bridge and be informational, which is part of our mission statement. We also are a voice of the community and as this voice, we are passionate about being a voice for our diverse community.
The North Lake Tahoe Bonanza is your community newspaper and it is our mission to serve the entire community, even if that requires the small bridge of one page a week in Spanish.
