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Learn Our Language
This is a headline story right here! It has to be one of the top issues in the country today. I am referring to the "Press two for Spanish" issue. Why is this even an option? If someone wants to become an American badly enough, they should take the initiative to learn the language that is spoken here: English. I mean, does the government not know that by allowing a language barrier to exist inside our country, they are potenially limiting the progression of the country. There should not be a need for any type of translator in our country. How can we be called the top country in the world if the citizens within it are not able to communicate freely? "Press two for Spanish" is also one of the most annoying statements that can be uttered over the phone. Spanish is not the only problem either. It is all the gibberish and nonsense that has to be endured before actually having the opportunity to speak to a customer service officer or telephone operator. I believe that Americans need to keep it simple. Diversity is grand, but when it pertains to the language, there is a problem. I have a simple solution that will unify our country and tear down the language barrier: Learn our language or go home!
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in my point of view you should have expressed yourself in a less disrespectful way and have more respect towards other races.if you understood the diffuculties that other people go through you may have change in your opinion .People who do not speak english feel oppressed for not being able to communicate with others .People in the U.S try their best to be successful with their own customs .My expierences to learn english was fairly easy due to my family ,but i i understand what other people go through to be here in the U.S .
in my point of view you should have expressed yourself in a less disrespectful way and have more respect towards other races.if you understood the diffuculties that other people go through you may have change in your opinion .People who do not speak english feel oppressed for not being able to communicate with others .People in the U.S try their best to be successful with their own customs .My expierences to learn english was fairly easy due to y family ,but i i understand what other people go through to be here in the U.S .
I agree with this person because he says that people should try to learn english. I know that he is right because people who do not know can succed and get better jobs. Speaking both English and Spanish, is a neccesary skill today. Now that I am able to speak English, I can clearly see its benefits. I still strongly object to the author's animosity toward non-English speakers, however having been in that situation in the past, myself.
America is full of diversity and you just have to learn more about us Latinos. My family is a Latino family. My parents grew my sisters and I up to believe that everyone is equal. She purposely put me in a private school so I could grow up tolerant to another race other than Latino. You as a U.S. citizen should try to learn more abut Latino culture and see that we struggle for the same issues as you probably do. We should all be considered equal.
While i was reading your opion made me feel alienated beacuse I come from a mexican family. My parents both came to this country to make their lives more easy and momentous. You are being extreamly racist. You would not like it if you had to migrate to another country, and have people insult you. You would feel unwanted and would not want to be around those kind of people.
With your rude comments you are trying to encourage others out there to opress lations and other races. Just because you would not help out to translate english to spanish speakers does not mean no one would. We go through adversity trying to make a decent living and to have you being extremelry intolerent does not help at all. I do not know how you could be so mean to tell people learn your language or go home. Hopefully one day someone will make you realize you are wrong and that without us here you would not have affordable food that you consume everyday.
To me this is somewhat racism it can cause anguish to others and cause anger. I agree with some of it because I have seen my family fave diversity. It makes me mad because my whole family are Latino. You should not of been racist when writing this because then everyone is going to try to send them back were they were born. That is not right there are Latinos facing many problems already and oppression. If only you knew what we are going through so you should not write these things about my heritage. I know your wrong about what your saying, or you do know know what it is like to go through the things we go through.
Sometimes I wonder what it is like to be so closed minded and ignorant like you. You may think im just another mexican and I should go home. Well, I have something to say to you, I am not going anywhere, so get used to it. The latino population is going up and there is nothing you can do about it. So go ahead and and write another article about how you want everyone to speak your language and if they do not then to go back to their homeland, but that is not going to happen. Unlike you, I have the potential to get over the language barrier.
Thank you for contributing to the "buzz" as you labeled it. I appreciate your opinion.
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