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**Z1IRo4Ap** · 09-04-2010, 07:07 AM

i just think its unfair to people who dont know spanish... especially for american latinos who never learned spanish and are expected to speak it.. i dont think they should be looked down upon because they are more american than anything else.. i am grateful for knowing spanish and i think its great to be bilingual but im not going to force it for people who dont need to speak it because we are an english speaking country.

In the areas (cities and states) with a substantial Latino population, the need to know Spanish has grown over the years. My Spanish has actually improved because of more use on the job with Latinos who either don't speak fluent English or prefer to speak Spanish under certain conditions.
But I know what you're talking about. There is the tendency to look down upon Americanized/generational Latinos who don't speak Spanish or don't speak it fluently enough. I've had conversations with these recent immigrants, and its seems they cannot fathom who this can happen, they must think we're genetically programmed to be able to speak fluent Spanish even if we were raised speaking very little of it.

09-04-2010, 07:07 AM	#26
Z1IRo4Ap Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 433 Senior Member	i just think its unfair to people who dont know spanish... especially for american latinos who never learned spanish and are expected to speak it.. i dont think they should be looked down upon because they are more american than anything else.. i am grateful for knowing spanish and i think its great to be bilingual but im not going to force it for people who dont need to speak it because we are an english speaking country. In the areas (cities and states) with a substantial Latino population, the need to know Spanish has grown over the years. My Spanish has actually improved because of more use on the job with Latinos who either don't speak fluent English or prefer to speak Spanish under certain conditions. But I know what you're talking about. There is the tendency to look down upon Americanized/generational Latinos who don't speak Spanish or don't speak it fluently enough. I've had conversations with these recent immigrants, and its seems they cannot fathom who this can happen, they must think we're genetically programmed to be able to speak fluent Spanish even if we were raised speaking very little of it.
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