Immigrant who can't speak English feels alienated by US

[rangerrebew]

October 23, 2016
Immigrant who can't speak English feels alienated by US
By Ed Straker

The Washington Post published a touching story about an immigrant who feels alienated because she can't speak English well. She feels "vetted" all the time by evil Americans because of her lack of ability to speak our language.

    My one wish is for Americans to appreciate the degree to which my mom and the millions of other stuttering, thick-accented immigrants in menial jobs have already been vetted, and continue to be vetted, every day. They’ve been stripped of their personalities, skills, jokes, opinions, dignity and dreams by the language barrier. They’ve been questioned about who they are and what they’re doing in this country — by police, store clerks, employers, customers and the ghosts of their past. They’ve been vetted since they set foot on U.S. soil, they’re vetted every time they open their mouths, and they’ll continue to be vetted, in an extreme fashion, for the rest of their lives.


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[Fishrrman]

"Immigrant who can't speak English feels alienated by US"

Why not return to where she came from, where everyone speaks her language and she should be welcomed with open arms....?

[mountaineer]

All four of my husband's grandparents came to America in the early 1900s with little or no grasp of the English language. Instead of whining about it, they got to work, tried to learn to communicate and raised their children to be proud and responsible Americans.

[SZonian]

Huh?  The sheer numbers of "americans" who can't speak or write English properly is growing day by day thanks to the social activism wing of the USG called the Dept. of Education.

Just hang around for a little while snowflake, you'll find folks who are quite incapable of putting together coherent sentences and will fit right in.

[Night Hides Not]

October 23, 2016
Immigrant who can't speak English feels alienated by US
By Ed Straker

The Washington Post published a touching story about an immigrant who feels alienated because she can't speak English well. She feels "vetted" all the time by evil Americans because of her lack of ability to speak our language.

    My one wish is for Americans to appreciate the degree to which my mom and the millions of other stuttering, thick-accented immigrants in menial jobs have already been vetted, and continue to be vetted, every day. They’ve been stripped of their personalities, skills, jokes, opinions, dignity and dreams by the language barrier. They’ve been questioned about who they are and what they’re doing in this country — by police, store clerks, employers, customers and the ghosts of their past. They’ve been vetted since they set foot on U.S. soil, they’re vetted every time they open their mouths, and they’ll continue to be vetted, in an extreme fashion, for the rest of their lives.


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I was stationed in Germany from 77-81. During my first two years, what little German I picked up was from Berlitz, and living on the economy. Just didn't have the time, as I was with an isolated unit, and I was pulling staff duty officer twice a week, and every other weekend.

When I was "kicked upstairs" to Battalion HQ, I took advantage of more free time, and took a couple of six week immersion classes. That was followed a few months later with a TDY assignment at a German antiaircraft range in Northern Germany. During that period, my conversational skills were more than adequate. The German base commander pulled me aside after our first meeting, and said "you don't need an interpreter."

My last two years in Germany were among the most enjoyable of my entire life, to include engaging in political discussions with my neighbors during the 1980 elections.

My suggestion to those with limited English skills is simple: take an English immersion course, or two. Good things will come from that small investment of time and money. I know, I experienced that myself.

Nobody wins by sitting at home and doing nothing.

[skeeter]

Go

home

then.

[GtHawk]

All four of my husband's grandparents came to America in the early 1900s with little or no grasp of the English language. Instead of whining about it, they got to work, tried to learn to communicate and raised their children to be proud and responsible Americans.

My parents arrived in 1950 speaking two languages, neither of which were English, as many immigrants back then as now, they initially stayed in a community of fellow language speakers but strove to not only learn English but the history and governing principles of America so as to become citizens and assimilate into their new home. The difference with most immigrants now is that they have no intention of assimilating and fitting in to America, instead they demand America conform to the societal and cultural values of the country they left. If they so desire to maintain that life, they should have never left it to come to America.

[chae]

A friend of mine is half-Hispanic and his grandmother would yell at him if he ever used Spanish.   She spoke English, she would get so upset at him saying that she wanted him to be successful and he wouldn't be if he talked like a "wetback".
He's also half-Comanche and he doesn't understand how come we white people haven't learned from what happened with the white settlers and the Native Americans, about what happens when the people living i an area have no control over whoever decides to immigrate there.

[txradioguy]

"Immigrant who can't speak English feels alienated by US"

Why not return to where she came from, where everyone speaks her language and she should be welcomed with open arms....?

Or better yet if she'd like to stay here I suggest this:

[dfwgator]

"Immigrant who can't speak English feels alienated by US"

Why not return to where she came from, where everyone speaks her language and she should be welcomed with open arms....?

Odds are where she came from, everybody there is learning English. 

[dfwgator]

 There are also free websites like Duolingo.  I managed to get fairly proficient in French using it.

[txradioguy]

Here's what I don't get about her complaint.  You don't have to know English to thrive in America these days...unfortunately.

Hell you don't even have to take the oath of citizenship in English anymore if you don't want to.

My guess is this is an illegal...a tidbit the WaPo chose to leave out and therefore she can't request or have made available the kind of things that would make her life easier and still not require her to learn the language of the country she now lives in.

[Night Hides Not]

There are also free websites like Duolingo.  I managed to get fairly proficient in French using it.

Thanks for the tip, gator. I'm planning a trip back to Germany in 2020, and I was thinking about buying Rosetta Stone. I'll check out Duolingo first.

Why 2020? Many reasons, to include The Passion Play in Oberammergau, and I'll need to save up for it...planning to spend 6-8 weeks there.

[Jewbacca]

My parents arrived in 1950 speaking two languages, neither of which were English, as many immigrants back then as now, they initially stayed in a community of fellow language speakers but strove to not only learn English but the history and governing principles of America so as to become citizens and assimilate into their new home. The difference with most immigrants now is that they have no intention of assimilating and fitting in to America, instead they demand America conform to the societal and cultural values of the country they left. If they so desire to maintain that life, they should have never left it to come to America.

I teach pilots and write manuals in English.  I am a native Hebrew speaker.  I have a terrible accent, but do fine.

Bluntly, the unspoken difference between your parents and the new immigrants is a combination of lower IQ than past immigrants, lack of a cultural drive to improve and fit in, and a cynical desire on the part of the powers-that-be to keep them marginalized by maintaining lower English proficiency (and thus cheaper to mow their lawns and clean their houses due to a lack of job opportunities).

[bolobaby]

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