{"id":22295,"date":"2019-12-12T12:13:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T17:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=22295"},"modified":"2019-12-12T18:52:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T23:52:29","slug":"english-only-media-bias-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/12\/12\/english-only-media-bias-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC: Wanting National Language is \u2018Anti-Spanish\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Es acceptable hablar espa\u00f1ol en los Estados Unidos. Mucha gente ya lo hace, incluy\u00e9ndome a mi.<\/em> It is okay to speak Spanish in the United States. Many people already do, including myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, more than 41 million<\/a> individuals \u2013 roughly 13 percent of our nation\u2019s residents \u2013 speak Spanish in their homes. This makes Spanish the second most spoken language across the country. By 2060, millions more will add to this total as Hispanics will make up nearly 30 percent<\/a> of the nation\u2019s population. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This demographic change has led the United States to embrace the Spanish language in recent years. Through translating official documents and signs into Spanish to as offering Spanish instruction in most K-12 schools and universities, the U.S. has gone to great lengths to accommodate this shift. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite its good intentions, some think that the U.S. is actively seeking to repress the use of Spanish. BBC reporter Beatriz D\u00edaz uses this false dilemma fallacy in a recent article,<\/a> titled \u2018\u2018’English Only\u2019: The Movement to Limit Spanish Speaking in US.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n She suggests that lawmakers, activist groups, and private citizens aim to make English the official national language by restricting the use of Spanish. What Diaz first fails to acknowledge is that establishing a national language does not come at the cost of eliminating the use of another language. There is no legal penalty for speaking Spanish. There are no official calls to ban speaking Spanish. If anything, Spanish is openly welcomed and frequently seen as a compliment to English. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The United States is only one of three<\/a> countries worldwide that does not have an official national language, indicating that the vast majority of countries believe in the necessity of a common, standardized language. Notwithstanding our lack of an official language, we consider English proficiency to be important enough as a condition of becoming a citizen. Thirty-two<\/a> U.S. states have officially listed English as their official language also revealing its importance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n