what is happening to america!?

Question

I am not sure if it is just my area or if there are other cities and states that are starting to do this, in the last year the Spanish have pretty much taken over our society, dont get me wrong my grandfather is from spain but when he came here it was required for him to adapt to the american lifestyle, now we have the majority of our population living here for 50yrs and never learning or being told they have to learn english! Recently i took a look at our local newspaper out of curiousity for which jobs were hiring and what not, and 85% of every job listed said BI-LIGUAL A MUST! this is america and the majority of us our english speaking because that is our native language i just dont know why this is happening!! ANY INPUT IS WELL APPRECIATED!!!

Answer 1

Denver just had a major thing with the INS arresting people who were here illegally at a meat plant. Some of these workers stole American's identifications and were using the ID's for employment, others had no papers. They're still here in the USA; we have not deported them. Many were quick to grab the jobs from that meat plant (born & raised American).

The ASLU is now suing Colorado for their attempts to remove illegal workers from our state. Crazy.

Certainly, I don't want inhumanness treatment of those being arrested, but to have my rights upheld (identity & job availability) over those who break the law - it's like that law case where a robber breaks in, I shoot him in the foot and the robber sues me. WTF???

Ooops ... you said Spanish ... sorry, most of our "bi-lingual a must" job posting is aimed toward jobs to rip off the illegal mexican workers (like Cash-Now, real-estate scams, & mortgage scams). This is sad too ... I just don't like crooks and robers ... charging 50% interest to get checks cashed (tsk- tsk- tsk) Hmmm wonder if they (illigals) are stealing identities to buy property too ... dunno.

Answer 2

In fifty years, I suspect we will all be speaking Spanish for a few reasons.

First, you should understand that in the history of mankind, this phenomenon is very common. A population comes in, introduces a new language and the language is integrated into the original language or the original language is phased out. Thank God the same thing happens to food or we'd be eating boiled mutton every night!

In addition, many of the Hispanics who come here are not always educated even in Spanish, so to expect them to approach English like and academic is unrealistic. Moreover, the uneducated immigrant must take the lowest paying jobs, so he/she often has to work at 2 or 3 jobs to make ends meet. That doesn't leave a lot of time for language classes. Finally, many of the immigrants see coming to the U.S. as a temporary situation. They think they'll come here, make some money and go back to their countries. In their minds they haven't unpacked their bags. As a result, they don't see learning the language as necessary.

Third, Hispanics have gotten very politically savvy and are asserting themselves. They are voting more and voting for politicians who cater to their needs. They are like any other group; they have a right to be heard. The more they are heard, the more they are going to believe they have the right to speak Spanish. I suspect that in fifty years, all language groups will be acting similarly.

Fourth, because Spanish is much easier than Arabic or Vietnamese, Hispanics are much more patient language teachers and 40% of Hispanics marry outside their group,(The fact is that Hispanics are not as racist as other groups, so their culture and language are spreading.) Spanish becomes an attractive language to learn.

Finally, you must understand that language is constantly changing and immigrants drive the change in the language. Did you know that there are 10,000 French words in English due to the Norman Invasion of England in 1066? Language isn't static; it's like a vine with stems dying and new stems growing.

Enjoy the changes in your language, and don't be upset about the majority language changing. You'll probably be dead or close to death when Spanish takes over anyway.

Answer 3

Cool, the SPANISH are interesting people and I like tapas and sangria so I hope we see more of that available. The U.S has always been a gumbo of cultures and as far as languages go we could use a little bi-lingual education in our school systems we are probably the only people in the world with this high of a population of people who speak only one language.

Answer 4

Personally, I've never met anyone from Spain. Where do you live?