Letā€™s put this ā€œSpeak English, this is Americaā€ nonsense to rest, shall we?

(Not so new) news flash, the United States does not have an official language šŸ§ Yet, thereā€™ve been efforts from different groups to make English the official language for decades.

Instead of being proud of our bilingual skills, weā€™re forced to conceal them. 22% of Latinos say theyā€™ve been discriminated against for speaking Spanish in public, and the Border Patrol has even detained people just for speaking Spanish šŸ¤Æ

We canā€™t 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 ā€œweā€™re in Americaā€ they say šŸ™„

Making English the ā€œofficial U.S. languageā€ will only fuel bigots who equate a foreign language with being ā€œun-Americanā€.Ā 

Afuera with the naysayers, we are proud to be bilingual and we will speak as we please!

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