Reasons U.S. doesn't speak multiple languages...

i am tempted to believe that if more americans were multilingual, our foreign policy would drastically change.

I was thinking about this today.  I think if anything American culture would creep more into Latin american culture.  For example look at Quebec.  Most Quebecois today are ultra-americanized and in polls many have said that they don't consider themselves different from Americans.  Whereas back in the day when they were persecuted they felt no connection at all to North American Anglo culture and were very isolated culturally.  I think this just shows that integration and rights makes people identify much more with the culture that is "being generous" to them.

This is why I think it's stupid that (anglo)Americans always fight against Spanish-language rights, even from their own perspective.  Would they rather have a large and alienated minority, just so that they can continue to feel "superior" ?--or an intergrated minority that speaks a different language but has the same basic culture?


Edited by Dan Carkner - 29-Dec-2006 at 23:21