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.
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.