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Not if they're hoping for ratings! It's well known in the LA community that Argentines are not very well liked. The saying goes that Argentines are Italians who speak French and think they're British! Ha ha.
Actually, many of the newscasters are from Colombia, which is known for having the purest, most accent-free Spanish.
Argentians hate the British. They hate their neighbors the Chileans who helped the British during the Falkland war. I don't think Argentians want to be British maybe Italians.
Sure Arizona Bear, we know Italians and Iranians are considered "Anglos" in Arizona. You're very consistent, I'll give you that.
Uh, back to the original topic...Isn't much of the political and economic structure of Miami controlled mostly by the wealthy Cuban elite--who are mostly legal immigrants? So why is this in the illegal immigration forum? Is it the fault of illegal immigrants in South Florida that the Spanish language has overtaken English as a job requirement. Who is doing the hiring here? And is the prevelance of Spanish in Miami anything new? Wasn't there an effort to make English the official language of Miami-Dade County back in the 80s?(Which the Cubans opposed)
Our goverment has let the Cubans in en masse because they were fleeing Castro and it went along with our anti-communist agenda. It's the same reason that the average American citizen can't visit Cuba legally on vacation(although the Cuban exiles can). The Cuban community in South Florida is the wealthiest and most politically powerful of any Hispanic ethnic group in the US..and they in turn look down upon the illegal Central American and Mexican immigrants.
It's called biting the hand that fed you. Americans took in the poor starving frightened Cubans and gave them refuge and government refugee assistance money confiscated from the taxpayers and now the Cubans have turned against Americans, our language and are denying Americans jobs.
You forget that you live in America where money is king. Do you think capitalists care that there are entire sections of America that don't speak English? Absolutely not. Its the fat cats that run corporate America who reason with themselves: "Why wait for these people to learn English when we can just translate everything to Spanish and take their business now?" NOTHING IN AMERICA IS DONE WITHOUT A PROFIT MOTIVE.
Before this topic completely turns into a generic fight about immigration, like most other threads do here, I'd like to point out it's about Miami and it's non-Spanish speakers.
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It's called biting the hand that fed you. Americans took in the poor starving frightened Cubans and gave them refuge and government refugee assistance money confiscated from the taxpayers and now the Cubans have turned against Americans, our language and are denying Americans jobs.
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You're doing the baiting. Cuban-Americans in Miami are in their third generation now. All of them, except very recent arrivals, speak English. Household earnings of Cuban-Americans born in the US are superior to that of Anglos.
Cuban-Americans are mostly Republicans, extremely conservative and are against illegal immigration. Many died in Vietnam and in every risky CIA mission.
Again, you should address your complains to large American corporations. Burger King, for example.
Just another thing, what do you care what language people talk among themselves? As long as they speak English and can communicate with English speaking people, they can talk whatever language they see fit among themselves. They are right at preserving their language, had your ancestors acted the same way now you'd have better job prospects.
In some areas of DFW now you are at a great disadvantage if you do not speak Spanish or if you do not look Latino.
A friend of mine went to a taqueria in a suburb of Dallas and was ignored by the Latino staff in favor of Latino customers. When she got fed up and asked when she would be served, she was told to go to Taco Bell or On The Border, that the taqueria was not a "Tex Mex" restaurant. Unbelievable!
In some areas of DFW now you are at a great disadvantage if you do not speak Spanish or if you do not look Latino.
A friend of mine went to a taqueria in a suburb of Dallas and was ignored by the Latino staff in favor of Latino customers. When she got fed up and asked when she would be served, she was told to go to Taco Bell or On The Border, that the taqueria was not a "Tex Mex" restaurant. Unbelievable!
It's hard for me to belive this. In Houston there is Taqueria Arrandas and I see many "Nordic Arryan Saxon Vikings" being server by Latino waiters.
the only time I've seen non Spanish speakers have a hard time in Miami is when they go into certain parts of the city and enter establishments that are hispanic in nature and then wonder why a recent immigrant who is waiting tables for a couple of bucks an hour can't speak English!
A lot of corporations do ask that one be bilingual but the reason is that Miami has hundreds of multinational corporations that deal with clients in central & South America where command of Spanish is essential. This is the reason why Miami has flourished in international trade & banking with the Southern hemisphere. It is a bilingual city and if "anglos" can't deal with it there are a ton of other cities they can move to or they can go with the flow and learn Spanish. I promise it won't kill you.
Te lo prometo senores y senoras!
the only time I've seen non Spanish speakers have a hard time in Miami is when they go into certain parts of the city and enter establishments that are hispanic in nature and then wonder why a recent immigrant who is waiting tables for a couple of bucks an hour can't speak English!
A lot of corporations do ask that one be bilingual but the reason is that Miami has hundreds of multinational corporations that deal with clients in central & South America where command of Spanish is essential. This is the reason why Miami has flourished in international trade & banking with the Southern hemisphere. It is a bilingual city and if "anglos" can't deal with it there are a ton of other cities they can move to or they can go with the flow and learn Spanish. I promise it won't kill you.
Te lo prometo senores y senoras!
All the more reason to make English the official language of the USA.
^ why? Making English the official language won't make a recent immigrant learn English any quicker.You can't ban people from speaking other languages or hanging signs in a different language on establishments. As for employment well that is just the nature of business. If you are Xerox and trying to establish customers in South Korea wouldn't you hire someone who can speak both English & Korean?What good is it to hire somebody who only speaks English? Sorry but to many Americans feel like their pride is hurt whenever they start hearing other languages spoken. Get over your monolinguistic culture before the world passes you by.
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