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[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

where i grew up in burger land, back in the 80s, the public schools were teaching us all spanish in from age 5 to 10. not like true bilingual education, but we had a spanish class once a week. it last about 2 years before the white nationalists--who panic at the idea of working class people easily communicating with each other--got it shut down. between that and some years working with seasonal agricultural workers practicing their english, i am at the comprehension level of an inebriated toddler. i wish i had more opportunities to practice. honestly, the US should have all its signs in english and spanish anyway, but you know the reactionaries would go info a full blown pogrom over even a whiff of that being proposed.

i remember some small business tyrant in florida in the 2000s called up my work one time and wanted me to pass along his complaint to my boss that our phone system had an option to "press ocho for espanol". he said that our company even offering the option to "those people" was wrong... in FLORIDA... the state with the name that means "land of flowers" in spanish.

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[-] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 12 points 1 year ago

The right isn't big on education, and it really shows.

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[-] SamboT@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

So thats what non-Americans do with their free time. We Americans spend it driving sports cars and extracting wealth from other countries.

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[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Fun fact: Some places in Europe "bilingual" is used as an euphemism for students with middle eastern backgrounds. When used like this it carries lots of negative connotations and authorities try to limit the concentration of "bilingual" students at schools as they're seen as the source of all kinds of trouble.

[-] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 year ago

That wasn't fun at all

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Does anyone have that meme about how you drive four hours through Europe and discover twelve kinds of racism you didn't even suspect existed?

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[-] Frank@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

The distance from Atlanta to LA is about the same as the distance between Paris and Beirut. There is somewhat less linguistic diversity on the Altanta/LA route than the Paris/Beirut route (because of the genocide).

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

21% illiteracy is shockingly bad tbh.

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[-] jvrava9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Canadian here, I am fluent in English, French and Russian. Currently learning Spanish as well. ~~If I can do it at 15y, you can too~~. Edit: Uyuu pointed out that its actually easier when you are young and I agree.

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