It is hard to get a job anymore if you don't speak Spanish..Is that fair? I wouldn't mind learning the language but should it be imposed upon us? Some day we will have to #2 for English instaed of #1......
2007-05-17 07:23:39 · 26 answers · asked by oso_loco1961 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
You really know how to stir things up. Although i am sure you are exaggerating, it does seem harder to talk to someone at a business that you can understand. Our government is afraid if address this we might look like mean selfish people instead of people who want unity and who don't wanting illegals determining our heritage. Good luck in the job hunt.
2007-05-17 07:32:38 · answer #1 · answered by TAT 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This issue is really about racism, some are genuinely concerned but others just hate seeing people that are not white speak in a foreign language. And this is a fact, Typhoon's response is an example of it and how many thumbs up s/he's gotten.
The answer to the question is no, it does give you an extra edge, but there are lots of other variables that must come into play.
I don't know of what places we are talking about that are imposing knowledge of spanish, unless it's an agency that deals directly with foreigners, but otherwise that would be discrimination. Afterall english is the language of this country. And the language most widely spoken.
And it's not that foreigners "refuse" to learn english. The fact is that some are lazy or too busy, some find it difficult and just stop trying, and some think they can get by with what they know.
But many immigrant haters have already decided, that it is as they believe. So even these words, will be dismissed.
2007-05-17 09:14:59 · answer #2 · answered by Ditis 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What exactly do you do for a living? I don't speak Spanish, and yet I have never had a problem getting a job. I understand where you are coming from, but the fact is that you really don't need to know Spanish to survive. That is an exaggeration. That said, it really is not like any other skill. There was a time when people were complaining: should I have to know how to use a computer to get job? Is that fair? Odds are any answer you apply to that question can easily be applied to Spanish. If your field requires Spanish, then just learn Spanish.
2007-05-17 07:34:07 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well that depends where You live and what kind of Job are You Looking for?
If You are a Customer service Rep and they'll pay You for the assistance in other languages..Of Course Learn the Language.
If the Job is in a Spanish Speaker Dominat area...well don't apply for It..
But Ussually they pay You an extra Porcentage in Your Salary for Speaking a Second Language...
2007-05-17 07:33:16 · answer #4 · answered by shinningstarofthecarribean 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, let's start a whole new language. Let's start our own businesses and teach only a select group of people that language and require that anyone who works at our place of business know and understand our special language. If we just refuse to buy any products manufactured or sold by these companies that demand that spanish be spoken, we can stop them. I understand spanish but I will never speak it to an illegal immigrant or in the workplace. I listen and feign stupidity so I can spy on them. A couple of times I understood what was being said and shocked the m-f's by answering them with their own foul language -- that was at the courthouse and they were talking about gangs and gang warfare while demanding an interpretor for court. I have exposed court interpretors' lies about what they told the criminals was being said. You'd be surprised at what goes on.
2007-05-17 07:35:40 · answer #5 · answered by MH/Citizens Protecting Rights! 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Unless you have a job where you will be spending most of your time with spanish speakers, but there are not a lot of jobs that require those who speak Spanish. So it is probably some other reason why you are not getting the job you want.
2007-05-17 07:50:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our political leaders want to understand who is in the country and where they are coming from. This will be improved if many current resident aliens become legal. Immigration policy changes are mostly to stem terrorism. Somehow a significant number of people have latched onto this political topic as a primarily economic issue which it used to be, but now from a federal perspective, it is mostly a security issue.
Underskilled citizens have always complained about letting too many foreigners in to compete in the work force and voting booth, but the real solution to their problem is improving skills to enhance employability.
2007-05-17 08:26:36 · answer #7 · answered by mrrosema 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one should be forced to learn Spanish to get a job. People who immigrate to a country should be forced to learn the language of the country that they immigrate to. Here in the US that would be English. I flat out refuse to learn Spanish. My grandparents immigrated here from Austria and they had to learn English, no one helped them out or made sure they had an interpreter. People need to study the language of their new country before moving there to aleast be able to understand what is being said to them and maybe be able to speak it brokenly if nothing else. At the end of the day, it is the responsibility of the immigrant to learn the language NOT everyone else's.
2007-05-17 07:31:14 · answer #8 · answered by Julia B 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I would learn some of it to understand it but I would never speak it to facilitate the Spanish people who refuse to learn the English language.
2007-05-17 07:29:23 · answer #9 · answered by Sam V 2 · 7⤊ 1⤋
AMERICA~
LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT~
I am sure you have noticed other changes since Columbus discovered the land you live.
we were all white then, weren't we ?
well, except for the Indians, we slaughtered.
and Columbus himself
or the other people who funded him....who were......unwhite.
learn Spanish. or go to Norway and raise your children.
But Yes~ Mexicans...
Please learn English before you come...
It will make it easier to pass the test.
2007-05-17 08:01:48 · answer #10 · answered by to tell ya the truth........... 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋