Just a Question

1/26/2008

With all of the people who have come to the USA from other countries, why is it that only the Spanish speaking ones are allowed to go about their lives without learning American English?

Friends, some of whom have immigrated from other counties, other like me who learned English second, have been having conversations about this for a while –

We want to know, with all of the Sudanese, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Mediterranean, German, Greek, etc people in this country, why the rest of us don’t get the option of pressing 2 for our native tongue when we utilize services?

Growing up, we were taught that it shows respect for a country and its people to at least have a working understanding of the native language. When we hear about ones who have been here for 20, 30, 40 years and need an interpreter, it feels like a slap in the face – so disrespectful.

Where is the number option for my language?

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