Am I racist for thinking this?

Question

I dont think spanish kids should be able to take spainish in high school. I go to a predominantly hispanic school and in my spainish 3 class there are 3 black kids and me( a white kid) everyone else is spanish and I dont think thats right. Like i know some of the spanish kids dont know spanish and I think they should be able to take the class but theres also spanish kids in that class that are ESOL-which means they have to take a test just to prove they can speak english. I have an A in the class but thats only bc i have to put effort into it

Answer 1

its not racist but, thats just like saying english/american kids shouidnt take up english,american history,language arts.ect. just to let you know, not all spanish kids actually know spanish and some who do not know the proper spanish language from spain. only broken spanish or the type of spanish from thier own country.

Answer 2

This may sound a little crazy, but did you ever stop to think that they could be learning how to speak Spanish correctly? I know that may sound outlandish, but they could be taking it to learn how to use the words and terms correctly. Just like with people who speak English, they do not always use it correctly and need some understanding to how the words should be used. I think that if the class is available anyone should be able to take the class. There's a possiblity that those Spanish kids may be able to teach you some things also. Don't always look at things from a negative point of view, there is always a gain to every situtation.

Answer 3

I don't know if that would term you racist, but I think you are being unfair. They deserve the chance to be in Spanish III, too. Just because they speak Spanish as their first language, doesn't mean that they can't benefit from the class.

Maybe some of their families don't speak Spanish at home, maybe some of them want to keep up with their language, and for some, probably most if they are taking ESL tests, are probably taking it as a "bird" course.

I'm sure you yourself have taken easy courses that you do very well in for an easy A. I understand your frustration, but maybe that is karma kicking you in the behind for taking classes that are easy for you when someone else in the class might find it challenging.

Either way, I don't think it's a big deal. You should just continue to study hard and make the grades.

And look at it this way, if you are having trouble, maybe you could ask one of them for help?

Answer 4

well... i don't know if it qualifies you as being racist or not, but i can tell you what happened to me when i tried to take german in the sixth grade...

i'm from a german american family. my family is originally from niedersachsen, in the north, on the dutch border. some of the older ones in my family still speak a german dialect. of course, when i was in sixth grade, i thought that the language i spoke was proper german, and not a dialect, since that's what i had been told. so i took a german class, thinking it would be an easy grade. the very first day i found out how wrong i was. simple phrases like ''good morning'' sound completely different in plattdutsch (my family's dialect) than they do in high german (proper german), which was being taught in that class. even the numbers are different. i ended up having to learn high german, and it turns out that what we sometimes spoke in my house was a completely different language than what was being taught in school. while i did get an A, i still had to work a lot harder than i had originally thought.

i live in a mexican neighborhood now. most of the people here speak baracho- an aztec dialect- not proper, european spanish, which is what is taught in school. it only stands to reason that those kids who take spanish classes would have the same difficulties as i had when i took german, if not more. just when you think you know what a word means, because you've been saying it all your life, the teacher says something else. i can definitely see your point, but trust me; i really do think it's harder in some ways who speak a dialect to learn a proper form of their language, simply because they have to kind of ''erase and replace'' some of the definitions they already knew.

Answer 5

Well let me tell you. I am form Puerto Rico and there you have to take Spanish/English since you start pre-school. Even the kids that came from the US, and could not speak Spanish, they also had to take English alone with the Spanish. So don't complaine.

Answer 6

It's not racist. You see this as an "easy way out". My professors were mad at me when I took Intro to Programming my senior year in Computer Science. I'm sure your fustration is similar to my professors.

But remember, taking Spanish as an ESOL student might be good because it will aid in their understanding of English, hopefully.

Answer 7

is the Spanish class about spanish grammar or just learning how to pronouce the words....there is a difference u know
like English...are English speaking ppl taking that class to learn English or the English grammar and essay writing???

Answer 8

No you're not racist, you just see an unfair advantage taking place. But, isn't English part of the curriculum? I think we also have an advantage by having that course on the schedule. It should even out eventually.

Answer 9

When i was in high school i took the easy way out - Spanish.
I could have chosen to learn another language, but instead i chose something that I'm already fluent on. I regret that now because i could have learned french or Italian.

Answer 10

It's a "muddled" issue. The main problem is that the country has never offically comitted to an official language.