A friend of mine was ejected from his son's high school 's regional soccer game for simlpy saying "Speak English!" when the opposing team was conversing back and forth to each other, in Spanish, durring active play on the field. He only thought it was taking unfair advantage. I agreed with him. After all this is the USA and English is the language spoken here. This is in Kansas, of all places. Not Miami, FL. or east LA! What do you think?
2006-10-24 15:48:02 · 6 answers · asked by Ibeeware 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Growing up in KC myself I lead a pretty sheltered life, but there's still racism.
A racial slur is anything that is said that can be (even unintentionally) a deraggatory (sp?) remark towards someone based on race...
While your friend may not have intended to offend the other team (at least not racially), it was still said simply because they were not speaking English.
Had the other team been speaking another language (real or made up) to keep their plans from the other team, would your friend have had a problem with it? A lot of teams develope code words or signals, isn't this the same thing?
Why would it matter what language they were talking in, shouldn't it matter who was playing better? Personally I don't see why anyone needed to understand what they were saying, just what they were doing. Think about the Olympics or the World Cup, if not for translators we wouldn't be able to understand most of what was being said either.
2006-10-24 16:01:36 · answer #1 · answered by Amanda L 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's called taking advantage of the USA.
2006-10-24 15:51:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think a racial slur is anything a non white wants it to be. As long as it benefits them.
2006-10-24 15:51:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Racial slur would be the use of derogatory terminology like the "N" word or others.
2006-10-24 15:51:15 · answer #4 · answered by crystal89431 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree with you, write to the American Civil Liberties Union and see what they think.
2006-10-24 15:55:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think its wrong if your in the US speak english...
i mean for god sake.. not that i have any problem with different ethnics of people but i think if you come to the US you should have to learn english MANDATORY! plain and simple...
2006-10-24 15:54:41 · answer #6 · answered by lilil_ace_lilil 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋