[Dan27343]

My parents grew up without learning Spanish, and I myself only know dirty words I learned in grade school. Other Latinos are usually astonished or taken aback, and particularly older people or people who recently immigrated or who tend to be more connected to Mexico or Central/South America (i.e. go back several times a year to visit family, etc.) will take issue with it. Usually their criticism is constructive, i.e. ‘Take it from me, young man, you should learn it!’

I suppose it would be beneficial to learn another language, but it would be about as easy for me to learn French! On the other hand, I’ve noticed that some white people may view me as a poster-child for assimilation. ‘Oh! You should feel fortunate!’ or ‘I see you as an American and not a Hispanic.’ I don’t exactly take such remarks as compliments. But what can I do? Even if I do go on to learn Spanish, I would sound like a white guy who learned Spanish later in life. I would say to future or current parents who are bilingual to by all means teach your kids both languages in full. Bilingualism is in and of itself a benefit. Languages are like a dollar. Two dollars is better than one dollar, and so on and so forth.

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Name : Dan27343, Gender : M, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Religion : Pentecostal, Age : 23, City : Los Angeles, State : CA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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