If mexican people live in america shouldn't they speak english?

Question

before you say i am racist please read i live in Green Bay,WI and we have several mexican people living in the city i'm sorry but if your a mexican living in america you should speak english and another thing is that some one sang the national anthem in spanish isn't that a disgrace to people who fought for america? does anyone agree with me?

Answer 1

i agree with you 100% if you live in america speak ENGLISH!

Answer 2

Don't stress, their every ware. Even in Alaska! Yes they should speak english, mostly because they claim to love America, but yet don't learn our language, those that do learn the american language love america, and are greatful. But some are shady and ignorant! They speak our language but when they are talking about someone else, and that person is standing by them, they speak in spanish, because they are cowards. They wont say what they mean in english unless they are with 5 or more people against one. COWARDS. Most gangs are mexican's, and thay fight each other, and talk about brown pride, IGNORANT! All mexicans are not like that but 80% are and it's not fair to the mexicans that earned the right to be here. Child rapes,murders and kidnappings are documentated as: 60% mexicans,30% white and 10% blacks. That make's a loud statement! Why can't we find most of these people, because they are illegal. And americans suffer the loss of their children. If a mexican truely loves america they would not go around waving a mexican flag, they would go around waving an american flag, showing their apprication for our troops, instead they leach off of americans and complain about the help american's give them and ask for more, But once again their are few mexicans that are just as good as americans. Some even fight for our country, you know why, because they love america. Other mexican's discrase these Mexican soilders who fight for america, while these cochroaches increase gang violance and fight against america and their own kind. IGNORANT. I have mexican blood, so any mexican that disagrees with me just proves my point!

Answer 3

That´s up to them, they should speak english just to be able to communicate with all non spanish speakers, i dont see any problem thta they use spanish among them.
Also they shouldn´t expect anyone speaks spanish.

Another thing there´s no official language in the states, so legally yo can speak what ever you want and as spanish is widely spread in case of determinig an official language you can bet it´d be english and spanish just as in canada they have english and french.
About the anthem, it sucks, it was written in english that´s the way it's supposed to be singed ask them if the´d like the cielito lindo sung in english.

SCORPIEO, you talk about ignorance i bet you know because you´re one, where did you get the info that 80% of crimes are from latinos? you should do some research before saying somethig that stupid and defamatory. Just for your information since the capital sentence was reinstated in 1976 more than half of the sentenced were whites.
I´m mexican i disagree with you AND don´t probe your point, the only point i probe is your ignorance by trying to demerit anyone who disagrees something that your not capable to stand for.

Answer 4

First of all i want to thank chad for asking this question. I agree with you all the way anyone who coses to live in the country should be required to speak english. As stated by another person if you were to live or visit another country you would be required to speak their language. I know not everyone is like this but alot are, i see more mexicans who do not speak the english language. You have other nationalities who come to this country who will learn it like, middle easterns, asians, eurpeans, and most other countries and or continients where people live. Alot of the people who come and live in america and are from mexico never learn to speak the languag, Its one thing if you have just come here and you are learning the language but its worse when you have no intention in learning the language or you have been over here and have yet learned it.

Another thing i want to add, there hasbeen times that i have applied for jobs and i wont get it since i dont speak spanish but the employer are more willing to hire a less qualified applicant just because they speak spanish, for job wise that hurting us the ones who are not bilingual to find and job that we are applying for.

Answer 5

If american people live in mexico shouldn't they speak spanish! What is your heritage and didn't it take a while for your ancestors to learn the language? They will eventually learn the language in generations to come. No-one owns this country. It is a nation of such diversity, who is to say who should live on this land? Me? You? The world is owned by no-one. We all have a right to live where-ever we choose. We all, however. have to live by the laws of the country we choose otherwise face the consequences. Isn't it a compliment that they are choosing to sing the American National Anthem in their tongue? Maybe it should be more of a concern if they were demanding to sing the Mexican Anthem here.

Answer 6

I agree with you 100% and it's not limited to just Mexican immigrants either. I don't care where a person is from if they live in the United States of America then they will speak English or work in a factory, plain and simple. It is to the benefit of everyone planning on living in this country for any extended amount of time to learn the language. I speak fluent Spanish and it sickens me to see a grown woman make her teenaged child translate for her. If you are old enough to pop the kid out and raise him in the USA then you better have enough intelligence to speak the language yourself!

Answer 7

when i heard the national anthem sung in Spanish i thought that was disrespectful and i am Latina but i wouldn't want someone come to the Dominican republic and sing my parents national anthem in English, they should have thought twice before doing that. I think everybody, no matter what other language they speak, should learn English if you are going to live here, after all it is the national language. If i went to live outside the u.s., i would learn the native language. I get so mad at my mom who's been living here over 25 years and doesn't speak much English and i have to do every translation for her, i wonder what will happen when I'm not around to help her?

Answer 8

It's true that they should speak English, but i know a few people who were from Mexico its about 5x harder to go from Spanish to English English to Spanish. That's not a bad thing that they sang it in Spanish either it just means that we have more culture here kind of like at a baseball game they sing Canada's anthem but no one complains about it. Plus we didn't fight for freedom against Mexico we stole Texas from them so why worry about it. Plus all the kids who live here learn English and therefore their kids learn it as well so the do speak English just not very well at first but they try.

Answer 9

The Pioneers didn't learn Cree or Navajo or any such native
language. Don't be a hypocrite.

Also, I recall once a school superintendant banned spanish from the schools. His reason was this (in all seriousness): "If English was good enough for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, then it should be good enough for them." (Children who speak Spanish at school)
That's more sad than funny. Americans need a wider perspective, and I think having some other languages around is an important part of that.

Answer 10

When our ancestors (those of us who have British ancestors, anyway) came here, we didn't start speaking whatever language the native americans spoke, did we? We moved here and took over and forced them to speak English.

That being said...I just felt like making a dumb point. I do believe all people who come here should learn and speak English. Even though it wasn't always, it is now our national language. I don't care if you're Mexican, Cuban, French, etc.

Answer 11

I agree with you 100%. They expect us to speak Spanish when visiting Mexico. So do the other countries around world. Yes, if you're an immigrant of any nationality and are in the U.S., show respect and speak English.