why do people complain when...?

Question

it isn't hurting anyone and no one is losing money from it.

some hispanic citizens of the united states are trying to learn english through school, programs, and people

so why do people complain when they see signs in english and spanish and other related instances?

just ignore the spanish half if it bothers you so much, right? some people say "we shouldn't have to accommodate to them"

well, those signs are not forced on people to be made. stores and businesses make them so that they can attract business of all kinds of people. some signs beware people of danger so that no one will get hurt.

its not illegal to not know english, but many people are trying hard to learn it.

els classes are supported through volunteer work (i know i have some at my church) and bilingual classes do not cost extra, because if it was not there, another english class would be there costing just the same (i know, my mother is a bilingual teacher)

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88, this question has nothing to do with illegal immigration

i never once mention it at all

Answer 1

I agree - it's not illegal to not speak English!

And, think about this: Puerto Rico belongs to the USA. Puerto Ricans can join the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines. They can give their lives for this country, and STILL not speak English.

There are thousands (millions?) of people who are here LEGALLY from other countries. Yeah, sure, they should try to learn English. But listen: what about my neighbor, a wonderful man, a good husband to his wife, a good Dad to his kids, and he's a citizen, too, for the past 20 years.... what about his Mother, who was ill and having problems getting medical attention back home? My neighbor did the paperwork, paid the fees, and brought his mother here legally. She got her medical attention, she babysits her grandkids. But guess what! She's 80 years old, and she's not learning English. Should she HAVE to????

Answer 2

As I live in Miami, and am not a Spanish speaker I can speak first hand to this issue. First it's about having being to learn a foreign language to live and work in the USA. I know that English is not the official language but being it has been the language of our country since 1776 and all the documents are written in English, I think that speaks for it's self. Miami is not the whole country but as time goes by being that most ilegal and llegal immigration is from Spanish speaking counties, and birth rates for Spanish speakers are the fasting growing of all births, the clashes of the language wars are just starting, and being that in Miami was English speaking in 1960's and now we a predominantly Spanish speaking city,
the fear and the reality is that English will lose, and Spanish will become the language for all . Please do not say we will become a bilingual country, because in Miami, bilingual is Spanish being spoken fluidly and English is broken as best

Answer 3

You are paying for those signs, The govt requires it. Do you think it is only volunteers that translate for people who need help at a hospital, school conference, apply for govt services? It is paid for by your money. Does it bother me when people speak in another language when I am there. Nope. If they want to talk to me they will use a language I understand. Am I afraid they are talking about me? No so what if they are. Now I speak a couple of languages and sometimes I have surprised them when I respond to a comment they make. I have lived in other countries and know the difficulty of asking a question when I don't know the language. I chose to learn the language while I lived there. A language barrier is not new. Think of Germans, Italians, and other waves of immigrants that have come to America. The adults usually had trouble and the children were used to translate to them. Now we have programs to do that but make no mistake you are paying for that program.

Answer 4

I seriously dont know why people do that!
I mean the spanish signs are meant to be there because we have such a great population and also for tourist!
I know many people dont think about but i've noticed when i went to Mexico for vacations that they had many signs in english and it was cuz of tourist that could not understand spanish.
I know many people are gonna say that "oh well immigrants have to learn english and blah blah blah many of them do but its ALOT easier to understand ur native language rite??

Answer 5

Yes, true

And I don't disagree that people who don't know English should learn it. They should learn it. But we have to understand that it's a long process, and it takes time. We have to be patient.
I'm about to learn Chinese this semester (and the one after) in college before I go to China next year and it will take hours and hour and days and months to learn simple words and sentences so I can at least speak to a Chinese kid. And my point is that I have the time and resources to get that done.
With all the hard work these immigrants are doing, do they even have time to learn a new language? I don't know. But most don't have the resources to go out there and learn English, most don't know where to start.

Answer 6

I`m a migrant in the US. I got here legally and what I noticed was that our area here has a lot of migrants from China. It seems like they work hard on their English skills. But with those amount of Chinese people they could get signs in their own language too, since there are A LOT of Chinese people. And that would be fair.
Why only Spanish then?
Why?

Answer 7

You're in the United States of America..we speak English. We need to make it official.

Listen, you are looking at it very narrowly. If it was JUST the signs, I'm sure people won't really care. It's the attitudes and demands of Hispanics thatAmericans are tired of. Many Hispanics don't assimilate and many are illegal aliens. The signs in Spanish is just another reminder of the burden of taxpayers for Hispanic illegals. I know not all illegals are Hispanic, but most illegals are Hispanic and the ones who march on the streets, waving their nation's flag are Hispanics. If they respected our American culture and stopped immigrating illegally, I bet people would be more accepting of signs in Spanish.

Answer 8

Most products are required to have label information printed in English, Spanish, and French. I don't hear anyone complaining about "why is the label in French?".

If you don't want to see the Spanish part, then don't look at it.

If you are currently taking a Spanish class, though, then the extra exposure is good for you.

Answer 9

Its because of the signs and translations that most Hispanics don't learn English. People from other countries who don't have signs and translations in their language are required to learn English because that's the only way they can function here. Hispanics don't really HAVE to learn English because of those signs,subtitles for movies, and so on. sure it would help but its not necessary.Why should we have to pay for those signs with our taxes...and what about other languages?

Answer 10

What I've heard (and it never impacted me personally) is that since funds for education for our own children are cut to fund ESL of children of parents illegally here, their children come out bilingual and ours don't . What this means is the prevelance of Spanish then creates a situation where advancement opportunities go disproportionately to 'their' children, not ours, who had no ability offered to them in early primary school to become bilingual.

People are particularly upset when the reason a management promotion requires a worker to be bilingual is because other workers are unable to speak English and may be illegally here.

Answer 11

because people are tired of having been told that because you are not bi-lingual that you are not qualified for a job and people are tired of not being able to communicate with the guy fixing their car or doing the repairs on their homes.
if you are going to come here you need to know the language of the land.
when i went to mexico on vacation i learned some Spanish and took an english/spanish dictionary so i would be able to communicate.
i didn't go to a tourist city so if i had not done the things i did i would have been out of luck.
it is only fair... if you want to live somewhere you need to know the language of the land.