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I am of Latino background, and I do speak Spanish fairly well; it is my second language and I lived in a Spanish-speaking country for an extended period of time. However since I've returned to the United States and gone back to work I have CONSTANTLY been spoken to in Spanish by customers WITHOUT BEING ASKED IF I SPEAK SPANISH. Most people don't take the time to ask "Hablas espanol?" conveniently forgetting the fact that we are in the United States of America and English is the primary language! Until just recently I would simply respond in Spanish, but now I am sick of this rude mentality and I don't even bother to respond in Spanish, only in English, until it becomes absolutely necessary for me to communicate in Spanish!
9Are you upset because people think you look Spanish? I mean, what other reason do you have to be upset? I used to be like you when I was younger in my 20's.
I am native Swedish but my complexion have people thinking I look Italian,Greek or Spanish. It used to bother me because I'm not any of those things, I am Swedish. I used to feel like my identity was questioned. However nowadays I don't care. I'm what I am and look the way I do. Who cares what people think.
Anyways, why does this bother you so much? I would be happy if somebody thought I was Swedish and came up to me and started to speak Swedish.
Last edited by glass_of_merlot; 11-19-2017 at 06:51 PM..
I am of Latino background, and I do speak Spanish fairly well; it is my second language and I lived in a Spanish-speaking country for an extended period of time. However since I've returned to the United States and gone back to work I have CONSTANTLY been spoken to in Spanish by customers WITHOUT BEING ASKED IF I SPEAK SPANISH. Most people don't take the time to ask "Hablas espanol?" conveniently forgetting the fact that we are in the United States of America and English is the primary language! Until just recently I would simply respond in Spanish, but now I am sick of this rude mentality and I don't even bother to respond in Spanish, only in English, until it becomes absolutely necessary for me to communicate in Spanish!
I am sick of this!
So you ARE Latino and you DO speak Spanish, but it upsets you when people speak to you in your second language? Is this really an issue?
Do you get upset if you are in a spanish speaking country and people speak to you in english?
Are you upset because people think you look Spanish? I mean, what other reason do you have to be upset?
Anyways, why does this bother you so much?
Because it is rude to assume that someone speaks a certain language because they look a certain way. And also because we are not in Mexico or Cuba or El Salvador, etc. We are in the United States of America and our primary language is ENGLISH. When I lived abroad I never expected anyone to speak English because I RESPECTED the fact that Spanish was the official and primary language of where I lived.
Perhaps OP doesn't want people assuming she is one of the millions of illegals. My cousins are half Mexican but when asked about their ethnicity, say they are French which is half true. Their mom was a legal immigrant from Mexico.
Maybe because these days there are so many people who absolutely refuse to assimilate as they have no desire whatsoever to be American. People USED to come here to enter and assimilate into the culture, now they come to loot it for all they can and destroy any common culture. You are the victim of changing times...
Do you get upset if you are in a spanish speaking country and people speak to you in english?
No, I would be happy. But I would not be rude and speak to them in English just hoping or worse, assuming they speak English. At most, I would ask them if they spoke English.
I am Mexican and I never learned Spanish. People speak to me all the time in Spanish and I just politely say " No hablo espanol". Then they continue in english. No harm no foul. I see nothing rude about it.
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