[ACC25031]

We have the opposite problem, too many Latino kids not knowing Spanish and hysterical people with fears like yours doing everything they can to drive any attempt to hold onto their language in the schools. Asking Latinos to give up Spanish is like telling all Jews they have to convert to Christianity to live in the US. It’s the central part of the culture, even for people of that culture that might not choose to take part in it. Please, all you people who have such silly fears about Spanish speakers, THINK: You don’t have this same fear about French speakers in places like New Orleans. You don’t have this fear about Italians in places like New York. You don’t have this fear of German speakers in places like Central Texas or Dutch speakers in Pennsylvania. The languages you do fear are Spanish, Asian languages, and Middle Eastern languages. What do they have in common that the first three don’t? Their speakers are not thought of as ‘white’. Fear of Spanish speakers or hostility towards them is badly disguised Racism with a capital R. And the fear is completely groundless, as I pointed out. The bigger problem is the forced assimilation you types favor. But unlike all the Eastern and Southern Europeans who were forced, threatened, and in a few cases actually LYNCHED (think about that, Glenda, non-English speakers have something in common with your ancestors), Latinos are politically strong enough to do something about it. The US Constitution and Declaration of Independence were published in English, German, and Dutch. German almost became the official language of the US, and many charitable groups and businesses a hundred years routinely provided services in Yiddish, Polish, Lithuanian, etc. The First Amendment does’t say ‘freedom of speech only for English speakers.’ It says ‘freedom of speech’ PERIOD. You may not like it, but Latinos will fight you tooth and nail to keep you and types like you from trying to destroy our culture like much of the cultures of so many Eastern Europeans in this country were.

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Name : ACC25031, Gender : M, Race : Mexican and American Indian, Age : 38, City : San Antonio, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : Teacher, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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