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Originally Posted by binky
sure they are Radar do you see billboards in the Irish, Dutch, German etc neighborhoods in their native languages? Do they make the schools teach their kids in their native language because they are too fucking lazy to learn English? No those immigrants were required to learn English to become citizens
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Everyone is required to learn English to become a citizen. What's your point? They aren't interested in becoming citizens. They are fine just being immigrants and their children can be citizens. Many of them plan to go back to Mexico when they retire.
Also, it took 2-3 generations for many Germans to start speaking English. The same is true of Italians, Polish, Russians and many others. Those who immigrated here tried to build a better life for their children. Their children, grandchildren, or great grandchildren learned English and became citizens.
What's wrong with having billboards in other languages? Clearly there is a market for people who speak that language. Who are you to tell someone else what language they must put on a billboard?
I'm sure you are aware that English is not the language of America because America has no official language. We've done pretty good without one so far.