Posted on 10/06/2014 11:29:18 AM PDT by right-wing agnostic
One-fifth of people in the U.S. speak a foreign language at home, according to a report being released Monday by the Center for Immigration Studies, which found Arabic and Urdu — the national language of Pakistan — among the fastest-growing.
The report found that nearly half of all California school-age children speak a language other than English at home, as do a third of Texans and Nevadans, according to the report, which is based on Census Bureau numbers.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
We have abandoned the idea of assimilation..
I used to think, “Whatever, if they want to continue speaking their language, so be it; they just won’t get ahead in America outside of their little neighborhood.”
Now I’m thinking that America is toast if this continues. I guess I was expecting that 1st - 2nd generation would begin integrating speaking English and making something of themselves. I was wrong.
The title is silly. You can’t “abandon” a language you never learned to begin with.
this is why the country is doomed
This must be some of the diversity that’s supposed to be what makes us strong and stuff. What could possibly go wrong?
Don’t these libweral morons understand that if an immigrant doesn’t learn english that they can be taken advantage of by people who speak their languange by hiding certain rights they may have and keep them under a tight “language leash”?
Or maybe the Liberal Elite are precisely counting on this....
The percentage of people who do not speak English at home should be higher because “Ebonics” should not count as English.
I speak Klingonese at home ...
[ This must be some of the diversity that’s supposed to be what makes us strong and stuff. What could possibly go wrong? ]
Wasn’t Multiculturalism supposed to help preserve cultures?
But if you wargame out multiculturalism out 1,000 years out there will be nothing but one mixed up uniform unicultural culture.....
Strong borders ENSURE that multiple cultures will survive in this new world of easy mobility...
Multiculturalism is a Blatant LIE!!!!
You are a worthless Pe’taq!
(kidding)
I'm 70. None of my grandparents spoke English. None became citizens.
I’m sure around 1900 the number was likely higher.
The thing is that those people worked to actually learn the language out of pride and a desire to be American, and their kids were required at home and at school to master it.
Well, multiculturalism does preserve all but one culture. It’s willing to damage a few others a bit just to wipe out that one. It’s almost like it’s code for something else.
The number of people refusing to assimilate?
I can walk around Miami all day and not hear english spoken.
[ Well, multiculturalism does preserve all but one culture. It’s willing to damage a few others a bit just to wipe out that one. It’s almost like it’s code for something else. ]
It almost feels like an “Alien Mind Virus”, much like computer viruses can trick a system into thinking they are harmful until it is too late....
Kinda like the lesson the story of the tower of Babel was trying to teach us.....
That includes some of my white American friends, who revert to fluent Gibberish behind closed doors. :)
The Retarded ‘RATS all say that the illegal alien invaders all want U.S. citizenship so they can be “proud, taxpaying Americans”. Yeah. Right. They want U.S. citizenship as a pathway to the welfare office. Obama and the ‘RATS can KMA.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.