Well I have no sympathy for those who dont wish to assimilate
I was beginning to wonder!
the fact remains that no matter what, some immigrants will never be able to speak the dominat languge
I'm not referring to those who are UNABLE to learn it, just those that won't.
My wife is Japanese, speaks English well, is in college and yet she still prefers to read some things in her native tongue.
That's great, but irrelevant.
My wife is Colombian /Dominican/Hawian.
She speaks Spanish to our 2 yr old all the time so he will be bi-lingual.
No problem.
Her parents don't speak a lick of English.
They have also remained very poor and uneducated.
The second concern (if it is one) is language. Only 82% of legal US citizens speak English. English is NOT the official language. The US recognizes more than 300 languages. The most spoken language (in the World) is Mandarin, number two is Spanish and number three is English.
On the island of Ni'ihau they speak Hawiian (a language I speak), in Puerto Rico, spanish is used. The Amish use a varient of German. On the North West coast Russian is heard. In Arizona, Navajo is the exclusive language among many Elders. French is another example. Many US citizens speak only French.
Interesting but again, irrelevant to the initial jist of my thread.
No matter how many languages are spoken here, English has ALWAYS been the unifying language of the United States.
Sure there are pocket communities that speak their native tongue, but when they leave those communities and go out into mainstream America, English is the language they will NEED to know.
They should NOT expect the USA to change itself to accommadate them.
The massive immigration of the last century saw people from every corner of the globe come here to become American, and speaking English was, is and should continue to be the quickest route to assimilation and success.
Is there anyone that thinks Englsh should NOT be the dominant language in the USA?
If so, what kind of America do you envision, with everybody "demanding" that THEIR language be spoken?
That's not any America I want part of.