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When English is the Second Language — in the U.S.

An interesting article was recently published by the Associated Press about English speaking people leaving Miami because they felt it was difficult to move around the city in English. Here's the link to the article I read and you can draw your own conclusions but I wanted to give you my thoughts on the matter.

1. Is it really easier to uproot your family, business, vocation, etc. than to learn another language? I doubt it. This type of a decision is an emotional decision based on anger or disgust about change in a regional society.

2. Should Latinos learn English? Of course! There are, however, some real reasons why they do not and if you would like to know the main reasons, click here to request a FREE Special Report entitiled, "Why Don't Hispanics Learn English?" (Just click the link, and submit the request.)

3. Language is amoral. It is not right or wrong. It is simply a means of communication. It is what we communicate that makes it either moral or immoral. The language itself is completely amoral. It makes sense that if a region has a high population of a certain type of people who are more comfortable with one language over another, they will speak that language.

In reality, people who emigrate from areas with a high Spanish-speaking populace have exercised their free will to determine their own environment in this country. It is not wrong (or right!) for Hispanics to speak in Spanish no more than it is wrong (or right!) for Anglos to speak in English. We enjoy free speech in this country and that includes the language in which one chooses to communicate. Many of the very same people who rightfully defend the second amendment (the right to bear arms) are now trying to tear down the first amendment (among other things it grants the right to free speech). There is no doubt that the right to free speech includes the language in which one chooses to communicate.

Let's be consistent in the defense of both the First and Second Amendments of the Constitution of the United States of America.

(P.S. - I will be writing more over the next couple of weeks on language so come back again. This is a very important subject.)
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posted by Ricardo González on July 9, 2008.

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