OK. Sorry if it seemed I flamed you; it wasn’t meant that way.
There have always been Chinatowns, Little Italys, and Swedetowns in the U.S.A. I don’t expect that to change.
But people aren’t always what we think. I have friends whose parents came from Mexico and they look like most Americans. Then there are Los Indios, or Indians from Mexican tribes. These people are very conservative in their beliefs and reluctant to give up a culture, language, and political view that has helped them survive for centuries. Muslims from places like Saudi Arabia have similiar attitudes.
I don’t really care whether they persist in hanging onto their old ways as long as they don’t start a terror or civil war over the issue. Many languages are spoken throughout Mexico, Central America and South America, so those nations have adopted colonial languages like Spanish or Portuguese as national languages.
I think it is about time we did as well and the national language should be English.
I completely agree with you. And, in fact, I like the mix of ethnicity, if you will, that we have here in the US.
What I don’t like is that our cultural difference have become so much more important than our similarities. I don’t like the fact that we’ve become a “salad bowl” instead of a “melting pot” and, because of this, as Americans we’re rapidly losing our national identity. I don’t know if I want to say it’s intentional, but multiculturalism is certainly taught in public schools so children grow up with the idea that we’re a nation of many cultures instead of one. It’s evident when some of these individuals are interviewed on TV - the most important feature of the US is its diversity...NO! The most important feature is the recognition of, and dedication to ensure, the natural (God given) rights of individuals. That means we embrace the concept of limited government - or at least we did in the past. It’s troubling that ideas so central to the governing of our country aren’t being communicated. How can we have a country at all if we can’t articulate what holds us together?
I’m getting off topic here - the point is I do agree with you. We need a national language. Other countries have that, and I think it’s only appropriate.