#hr997

[writerartistamira]

The work was developed in the lead up to the November 2020 elections in the United States, in response to an invitation from the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry at the University of Chicago.

On the final day of 2020, I mailed printed copies of the translated act to twenty-eight white men in Washington, DC—the Republican sponsors of the bill.

With contributions from

Anna Nacher, Anonymous, Benjamin Arenstein, Birgit Kemmerling, Emily Podwoiski, Hoda El Shakry, Ibrahim Sayed Fawzy Elsayed, Indrė Liškauskaitė, Işıl Eğrikavuk, Jacob Leveton, Jenna Crowder, Jennifer Sabir, Joe Hall, Kay Heikkinen, Laura Kraftowitz, Leah Feldman, Luísa Santos, Megan Jones, Nava Waxman, Nini Ayach, Serge Bouchardon, Shatha Al-deghady, and others.

[manymusesofsaria]

HR997

What’s your android model #?

Take your birth year (eg 1992)

Multiply it by your birth month (1992 x 09 = 17928)

Then divide by your birth day (17928 / 18 = 996)

Then take the first letter of your first name (eg A)

The second letter of your middle name (eg R)

And then put it all together!

I got AR996! :)

[anomalee]

H.R. 997

"Language is a powerful factor in human society." Um, DUH! So why are their intentions to remove that power? What happened to embracing diversity? This movement is disrespectful to the true children of this land. I do NOT support the English-only movement. H.R. 997 "Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue for public notice and comment a proposed rule for uniform testing of English language ability of candidates for naturalization based upon the principles that: (1) all citizens should be able to read and understand generally the English language text of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the laws of the United States; and (2) any exceptions to this standard should be limited to extraordinary circumstances, such as asylum." Hypothetical situation: this comes to pass and when immigrants try to become naturalized citizens.. They can't because the test includes a obscure question that even most Americans don't know or understand.. "One of the reasons that they all assimilated..." Yes, let's become cyborgs.. We're already slaves to society's expectations of us.

[writerartistamira]

٩٩٧ ر ح (A language act) (2020)

٩٩٧ ر ح (A language act) is an open invitation to contribute to a crowd translation of the English Language Unity Act of 2019, a piece of proposed legislation that would establish an official language for the United States. The original text of the bill is posted on Google docs, and is open to the public for edits.

https://amiraha.com/language-act

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