Do you think it's racist that you can't ask questions in Spanish (or any other language)...?

Question

...or do you think I'm being dumb.

I'm really imparcial to this, lol. Everyone seems to think I side with the other languages (probably the "or am I being dumb"). I just wanted to see what others thought about this. If you think it's stupid, go ahead say it. If you think it's stupid I asked, say that too.

Answer 1

youre being dumb. if you want to ask questions in other languages, go to the other language sites. this is the english speaking us site. ie, scroll to the bottom of the page after reading my sarcastic answer.

Answer 2

People who ask ignorant questions are ignorant people. How many times have you heard someone say in a math class, When are we going to use this is real life? Well................ the majority of the stuff, you really don't need to use but you will get tested on it in the future like for the SATs, so people should stop be such an smart a$$ and suck it up. I think this type of question is (in my opinion) is not considered racist because the people who asked these questions are too lazy to learn a new language and do not have respect for other languages. It's not that they don't have respect for the ethic groups but do not care to learn another language because they are fine with the language they know

Answer 3

Racism is prejudice about someone's ethnic origins, not about their language.
In the context which you are talking about, there are various reasons why questions in a specific language have to be posted on the appropriate website. The main one is a question of tidiness: there is no point in cluttering a site with questions that people do not understand. Another is that there might be inappropriate terminology or contents in the questions. The different language sites are monitored by speakers who can grasp the content of the questions, and establish if they are offensive or not.
There is nothing to prevent you from posting questions in another language on the appropriate site for the language which you wish to use. On the English website, post your question in English, then add below the sentence or the terms for which you want an explanation.
I hope this has helped.

Answer 4

You are being dumb. There are about twenty different Yahoo answer websites allowing people to ask questions in different languages. Just scroll down and look at the bottom of your screen.

Answer 5

I don't think it's racist for an English site to have questions in English. I don't think you are being dumb, but I think you maybe looking for problems/a fight. There is enough racism in the world, you don't have to search hard to find it. Spend your energy fighting that, por favor.

Answer 6

No, you're not "imparcial" -- you're just wrong. There is a whole site dedicated to the U.S. EN ESPAÑOL. What other country has separate sites dedicated to Spanish?

Answer 7

If you ask in Spanish, some of us nice people who don't enjoy insulting those who ask a perfectly innocent question will answer. I for one love helping people in Spanish! So don't listen to what some of those other people say. It is their opinion, but it is not your fault for asking a question- that is what our site is for.

Answer 8

that is a double edged sword. maybe someone who speakes eng. could better help you with a ? and visa versa. you should be able to ask a ? in any language especially if you are not comfortable with english.

Answer 9

accusing somebody of being racist is freeking stupid. everyone is biased. theres a lot of negative attention that goes with accusing somebody of being racist, so don't do it.

Answer 10

You are not dumb because there are no dumb question or dumbs in this world unless you have no confidence in yourself