The European provinces are roughly co-equal though. Despite the heavy cross over of Hispanics in the border areas of America, they are expected to speak English and not vis versa, although some people do pick up enough rudimentary Spainish to order food or direct the gardeners.
If only that were true. If you look around, the last two decades have been slowly introducing Spanish as a secondary on every sign, automated message and even most workplaces in places with decent sized populations. At my old job at least one manager was required to speak Spanish to deal with our cleaners who spoke 0 English.
Its not at a critical level yet, but its been slow building towards being an equal for years now.
It pisses me off more because the government actively passed laws and regulations a few generations ago to remove French from the local offices and signs in Louisiana. Wherein a huge chunk of the population spoke only Cajun French. Which meant now everyone was forced to speak English to survive, and pushed the language into the dying territory it is now because there wasn't anywhere to use it outside the home.
Accommodate foreign invaders, punish your own natives. The US in a nutshell.
California is hispanic majority (39%), White minority (37%), and there's no expectation that the immigrants can read any language English or Spanish. We also print all materials in 72 languages including hmong and Mandarin because the boat people from Asia need to be included.
The European provinces are roughly co-equal though. Despite the heavy cross over of Hispanics in the border areas of America, they are expected to speak English and not vis versa, although some people do pick up enough rudimentary Spainish to order food or direct the gardeners.
If only that were true. If you look around, the last two decades have been slowly introducing Spanish as a secondary on every sign, automated message and even most workplaces in places with decent sized populations. At my old job at least one manager was required to speak Spanish to deal with our cleaners who spoke 0 English.
Its not at a critical level yet, but its been slow building towards being an equal for years now.
It pisses me off that there is such accommodation of foreign invaders.
It pisses me off more because the government actively passed laws and regulations a few generations ago to remove French from the local offices and signs in Louisiana. Wherein a huge chunk of the population spoke only Cajun French. Which meant now everyone was forced to speak English to survive, and pushed the language into the dying territory it is now because there wasn't anywhere to use it outside the home.
Accommodate foreign invaders, punish your own natives. The US in a nutshell.
California is hispanic majority (39%), White minority (37%), and there's no expectation that the immigrants can read any language English or Spanish. We also print all materials in 72 languages including hmong and Mandarin because the boat people from Asia need to be included.