Can we talk?

I have been observing the rapidly growing number Spanish-only speaking  residents there are living in the area, and I have noticed how many English-only  speaking residents there are that are reluctant to learn how to speak Spanish.  There is a lot of hostility on the part of the non-Spanish citizens, and I often  hear remarks like “If they are coming to this country then they need to learn  English.” I also hear a lot of anger about how our tax dollars are being wasted  on illegal immigrant families. I’m not sure that is really happening, but the  general perception is that it is happening.

I am trying to understand both sides of the issue, and I just want to say  that I think it is important that we ALL learn to speak BOTH English and  Spanish.  Eventually we are all going to need to know both languages in order to  get along in every day life here in America.  And I think it is important that  we all get along!

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  By Susan Shepard, March 14, 2009 @ 6:04 pm

  Communication is the key to understanding and cooperation. We are all going to have to get along, or we will end up in a world of dung.

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