Should English Be The Official Language?
This debate has risen in media coverage and people's minds as all American's debate whether illegal immigrants should have a path to citizenship and what should be required if they are given this privilege.
Personally, I have a hard time understanding why english shouldn't be the nations official language. In most arguments, I like to hear all perspectives and try to empathize with them. Still however, I don't see why this is a bad policy.
Is making english an official language racist as Harry Reid said before?
I have a hard time calling this policy racist. If it is racist then almost every other country in the world are racists too. But that doesn't prove whether it's racist or not.
The main reason I think that this is a no-brainer is the simple fact that are founding documents and current government documents are written in english. Really to read and know your rights you have to understand english. If a police officer arrests you; They read you your miranda rights in english.
Will making english an official language alienate certain ethnic groups?
No way! I think it will actually do the opposite in the long run. The main divide and cause for tension between non-english speaking Americans and english speaking Americans is just that. Look at the divides in Canada between the French Canadians and english speaking Canadians. Making english the official language would ease some of this tension and give the ability of every American to communicate and articulate arguments.
Here is a great article on this topic.
Personally, I have a hard time understanding why english shouldn't be the nations official language. In most arguments, I like to hear all perspectives and try to empathize with them. Still however, I don't see why this is a bad policy.
Is making english an official language racist as Harry Reid said before?
I have a hard time calling this policy racist. If it is racist then almost every other country in the world are racists too. But that doesn't prove whether it's racist or not.
The main reason I think that this is a no-brainer is the simple fact that are founding documents and current government documents are written in english. Really to read and know your rights you have to understand english. If a police officer arrests you; They read you your miranda rights in english.
Will making english an official language alienate certain ethnic groups?
No way! I think it will actually do the opposite in the long run. The main divide and cause for tension between non-english speaking Americans and english speaking Americans is just that. Look at the divides in Canada between the French Canadians and english speaking Canadians. Making english the official language would ease some of this tension and give the ability of every American to communicate and articulate arguments.
Here is a great article on this topic.
In Plain English: Let's Make It Official - by. Charles Krauthammer
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posted by Dirty Breacher at 11:07 AM
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