No Hablo Ingles?.

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ruprecht said:
If you owned a business, folks who don't speak English can cost you alot of staff downtime. That's money.

Small example: Yesterday I take my dog to the vet. The lady in front of me at the counter speaks only Spanish, the lady at the desk spoke only English. After a period of painful babbly exchanges I stepped in and helped translate as best I could (my Mexican is a bit rusty). Finally, when she was done I asked the Mexican lady in Spanish how long she had lived here. Answer, "15 years". Feeling bold (and honestly, thinking about this thread), I further asked if she had ever thought about learning English. Answer, "Nunca" (never). To be honest, I found that a little irritating......Not to mention my dog was in pain and needed to see a vet.

I realize it isn't cut and dry but I personally would make the effort to learn the language of my home. Even if I am only visiting I try and learn some basics.
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How did you know she was Mexican.

Or did you just assume?
 
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Sunbiz1 said:
I've been asked the same by Mexicans when incorrectly assuming Central Americans were Mexican.

They're touchy about that.
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Call a Danish person German and see how quickly they correct you and explain they are in no way, shape or form German.

I am not talking about Danish Americans- heck my last name is evidently Danish/German; I am talking about people who were born and live/lived in Denmark.

Also, I speak enough Spanish to get by with service sector workers and would suggest all Americans should be educated in both Spanish and English anyway.

Also, I prefer the small amounts of friction brought by hispanic immigration to the HUGE SOCIETAL transformations being witnessed in Western Europe right now with their immigration issues.
 
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theOHIOSTATE! said:
Call a Danish person German and see how quickly they correct you and explain they are in no way, shape or form German.

I am not talking about Danish Americans- heck my last name is evidently Danish/German; I am talking about people who were born and live/lived in Denmark.

Also, I speak enough Spanish to get by with service sector workers and would suggest all Americans should be educated in both Spanish and English anyway.

Also, I prefer the small amounts of friction brought by hispanic immigration to the HUGE SOCIETAL transformations being witnessed in Western Europe right now with their immigration issues.
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I get it that people might not like you calling them Mexican if they are Columbian or El Salvadorian.... or if you call someone Chinese and they are in fact Japanese or Korean.... but people really gotta pay attention to whom they are dealing with.... if you come to America and you appear hispanic... people will think Mexican.... if you correct them politely that is fine, but if you get muddy as **** because someone from midwest America cannot pick out your South/Central American place of origin just by sight/sound then you are an asshole.

It would be like if I went to Central/South America and they were like "Oh you from Indiana?" and I got muddy as **** and was like "NO MOFO IM FROM ILLINOIS GAWD".... well FFS to them I look like a homogenous white American and they took a stab.... Americans do much the same thing with people coming in from a group that can look somewhat homogenous until you know more about those people.

You can apply the same thing to tons of countries with similar cultures..... South/Central American hispanics, South Eastern asians, Eastern European caucasians.... I know there are plenty of ignorant assholes in America who truly don't respect cultural differences but on average I think people tend to be ignorant to cultural differences more due to lack of exposure than anything else.

So if you come to America from El Salvador, or Columbia, or Guatemala, and I perhaps wonder if you are Mexican..... try not to have a shit fit....
 
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Ares said:
I get it that people might not like you calling them Mexican if they are Columbian or El Salvadorian.... or if you call someone Chinese and they are in fact Japanese or Korean.... but people really gotta pay attention to whom they are dealing with.... if you come to America and you appear hispanic... people will think Mexican.... if you correct them politely that is fine, but if you get muddy as **** because someone from midwest America cannot pick out your South/Central American place of origin just by sight/sound then you are an asshole.

It would be like if I went to Central/South America and they were like "Oh you from Indiana?" and I got muddy as **** and was like "NO MOFO IM FROM ILLINOIS GAWD".... well FFS to them I look like a homogenous white American and they took a stab.... Americans do much the same thing with people coming in from a group that can look somewhat homogenous until you know more about those people.

You can apply the same thing to tons of countries with similar cultures..... South/Central American hispanics, South Eastern asians, Eastern European caucasians.... I know there are plenty of ignorant assholes in America who truly don't respect cultural differences but on average I think people tend to be ignorant to cultural differences more due to lack of exposure than anything else.

So if you come to America from El Salvador, or Columbia, or Guatemala, and I perhaps wonder if you are Mexican..... try not to have a shit fit....
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You do entertain me. Look forward to meeting you.
 
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