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cwydro

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8. Thank you.

Tue Jul 31, 2018, 08:41 AM

Jul 2018

Whenever I’ve even traveled to another country, much less lived in one - I’ve made every effort to learn the language.

If an American complained that no one in their adopted country spoke English, they’d be vilified, and rightly so.

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Anybody else sick of these articles? "White, and in the minority" [View all] octoberlib Jul 2018 OP

The article seems mistitled, since it's actually about language whathehell Jul 2018 #1

The article's not mistitled. It's about how white people are afraid of and resent the octoberlib Jul 2018 #2

It is mistitled if it's using a language difference as an example.. whathehell Jul 2018 #3

If you don't understand how race & privilege are central to the story Tarc Jul 2018 #6

That is the most rediculous idea some DUers have wasupaloopa Jul 2018 #7

Nice try whathehell Jul 2018 #9

Good point. OnDoutside Jul 2018 #17

Thanks, Mr. C. whathehell Jul 2018 #19

Oops ! OnDoutside Jul 2018 #20

Oops.. whathehell Jul 2018 #21

I never replied to your message ! OnDoutside Jul 2018 #26

You forgot? whathehell Jul 2018 #33

Hahaha no, not at all ! OnDoutside Jul 2018 #38

Okay then whathehell Aug 2018 #62

Wyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyypipo Tarc Jul 2018 #22

+1 ck4829 Jul 2018 #14

Heehee. How true. brush Jul 2018 #31

Thank you. cwydro Jul 2018 #8

But but but EffieBlack Jul 2018 #5

You could be a black person who doesn't speak Spanish.... RhodeIslandOne Jul 2018 #25

I am white and live in a 70% Hispanic city wasupaloopa Jul 2018 #4

Sorry, but I laughed at the fools in that article. FSogol Jul 2018 #10

I think this sentence sums it up very well. brer cat Jul 2018 #12

True. n/t FSogol Jul 2018 #13

Yeah, guess she thought it was all up to the Spanish speaker to approach... brush Jul 2018 #57

Right. brer cat Aug 2018 #61

+1. "The lowest white man is still better than any person of color" has consequences ck4829 Jul 2018 #15

To Your First Paragraph ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #40

I agree. I have no doubt Juan puts more effort into the work and FSogol Jul 2018 #42

As Someone We Regularly Discuss Here. . . ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #43

Probable, but more likely they're part of the 50% that can't bother to vote. n/t FSogol Jul 2018 #44

I think Doug Stanhope says it much better than me: ret5hd Jul 2018 #54

K&R. I'm learning and speaking Spanish just to spite the fascists and authoritarians running the US ck4829 Jul 2018 #11

Fixed. BumRushDaShow Jul 2018 #16

There are poor white working in chicken factories cwydro Jul 2018 #18

Thank you RhodeIslandOne Jul 2018 #27

Bingo... dembotoz Jul 2018 #28

It's kinda sad you think learning a new language is so burdensome and expensive. LanternWaste Jul 2018 #29

So the whites in that chicken plant could learn Spanish from being... brush Jul 2018 #34

I don't at all. I took Spanish all through school. cwydro Jul 2018 #49

Not everyone has an aptitude for languages, but making FSogol Aug 2018 #59

I suspect cagefreesoylentgreen Aug 2018 #60

Their passivity is remarkable. They completely sideline themselves. VOX Jul 2018 #23

Nope. I mostly read articles that provide information Hortensis Jul 2018 #24

Did you read the piece? It's not about fear or resentment at all. VOX Jul 2018 #30

seems like an opportunity... lame54 Jul 2018 #32

Yes. It's an opportunity as the article said Spanish was spoken... brush Jul 2018 #36

Both sides - really?... lame54 Jul 2018 #37

I can't argue with you on that. Unfortunately she didn't have enough sense... brush Jul 2018 #50

My great grandparents, despite living in the US for decades, never learned English. Kaleva Jul 2018 #39

I tried learning some spanish JonLP24 Jul 2018 #35

Thing Is, Jon. . . ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #41

I took it twice in high school and lived in Arizona JonLP24 Jul 2018 #45

Spanish is actually one of the easiest languages to learn. cwydro Jul 2018 #46

It is too difficult for me to learn any language then but when it comes to Spanish JonLP24 Jul 2018 #47

You could learn it in a total immersion situation. brush Jul 2018 #51

I do understand some of it and have for years JonLP24 Jul 2018 #52

I took a class too and was starting to grasp it. I could understand many... brush Jul 2018 #53

I'm actually starting trying to learn Spanish. moriah Jul 2018 #48

I took latin too. Wish I had taken Spanish as I grew up in the Southwest... brush Jul 2018 #55

Et tu, Moriah? ret5hd Jul 2018 #56

Watch an hour of telenovellas everyday on spanish tv. FSogol Aug 2018 #58