(Not so new) news flash, the United States does not have an official language š§ Yet, thereāve been efforts from different groups to make English the official language for decades.
Instead of being proud of our bilingual skills, weāre forced to conceal them. 22% of Latinos say theyāve been discriminated against for speaking Spanish in public, and the Border Patrol has even detained people just for speaking Spanish š¤Æ
We canāt believe it either. Especially since there are over 300 languages spoken in the U.S., and Spanish is the second-most spoken language in the world!Ā
Sadly, language debates are rarely about language itself. They reflect intolerance and discrimination against the people who happen to speak those languages.Ā
Anti-Latino discrimination has soared since the 2016 election. School teachers, lawyers and even politicians have harassed others for speaking Spanish, because āweāre in Americaā they say š
Making English the āofficial U.S. languageā will only fuel bigots who equate a foreign language with being āun-Americanā.Ā
Afuera with the naysayers, we are proud to be bilingual and we will speak as we please!
