For the sake of "Diversity", should Telemundo and Univision be forced to have closed- captioned English?
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Well, my grandma always says the Spanish-speaking stations' news broadcasts say things about any given story that the English-speaking stations leave out. I don't know if it's because Univision knows more or if it's because they know they can make stuff up because the FCC doesn't bother with them. Either way, I'd love to know just what they're saying that Grandma finds so fascinating.
857024
Oh yeah, That would be cool, all the english speaking people in one big area of the United Staetes and all the spanish in another small area, then all the other foreign speaking take up their own little areas.  Since all major corporations that run this country are english speaking.  There would be no problem. Since english speaking would take up so much room, we could suffocate the others right out of this country.  Good ideology.
668646
I completely agree with you oh sassy one.  It is our fault for making it way too easy for them.  From ATM's, to product labels, to government forms and questionnaires...etc.  What we need to do is to stop the insanity and print everything in English only!  And for those Americans who holds a high ranking, executive or managerial position, do not hire anyone who does not speak English... use your discretion.  This is the only way we can stop this madness.  This goes for the other races who are non spanish speakers.  We need to unite and show those spanish speaking people IT'S TIME TO LEARN ENGLISH.
556876
I agree with you completely, and I have even posted a similar question. I think if someone is going to come to another country, whether it be to live or visit, they should have to learn that countries language and not expect it to be the other way around. It bothers me that everything has to have Spanish on it. Why can't they learn how to speak and read English? Yes, it is good to learn other languages, but this is America not Mexico. You come here expecting our freedoms and our jobs, then you learn how to talk, live, and read like Americans. I'm sorry, but that just gets on my nerves.  Good Question
718341
Okay...\n\nSo if they speak spanish, then this changes the rules???
381594
I don't think its right, because then the Italians, the French, Chinese and others would want to sing it in their own languages.\nIve got nothing against Latins, I'm Puertorican and I speak Spanish. and this got nothing to do with Mexicans cuz in the US there are a lot of Spanish speaking people who are not necessarily from Mexico.
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At least you only have to worry about Spanish, where I live we have to do everything pretty much in English, Spanish and Hmong.  \n\nI was in line at the DMV and the young Hispanic gentelman in front of me needed an interpreter so he could get his paperwork filled out for his license.  God help us all, if they can't read the forms and such or understand when things are explained to them, how the heck can they read the signs.
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Good man! I'm gonna copy that link and send it around! Thanks, Brother - never mind these others - they won't understand until America is a Spanish speaking country.
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Good question. In our school system they hire illegals without teaching credentials to accomodate spanish only speaking students, yet don't have time to teach my kids a second language. They actually tried for a few months, then stopped without explanation. I guess many of these hispanic students need a lot of attention, because I've pretty much been told it's my job to educate my youngest two kids myself, but I legally must send them to school anyway. Just tell a teacher you are considering home schooling if you want an angry indignant response, though. I guess they need my money guaranteed so they can educate others.
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No, I don't think it's fair that you can only speak in english on this site. Yahoo answers should be a website for universal languages. If there is a question asked in spanish, don't get mad because you can't answer the question, just don't answer the question.
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its retarted... i dont mean to offend anyone here... but this is my opinion.\n\nfirst of all... i think its ok to say black sheep on tv. if people interpret it differently thats they own dam luck... they shouldnt watch the dam show.\n\nsecond of all... tv censorship is getting out of control... children hear stuff on  the streets and at home (faul language). there is no need to censor certain words.\n\npeople change things because they are afraid of getting sued or something like that. racism or anything should not be the answer to everything. otherwise i could walk down the road and see a sign in a shop that says "sizzling sausages on sale here". i could interpret it as sexual.\n\nin the longrun its all bullshit. unless its something real not like a black sheap, it should be left alone. i mean come on, get real !
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People can speak whatever language they want.  Just don't expect the Americans who speak English to change.  I think it'd be like going to France and forcing them to speak English.
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I think if you live in the US you should know how to speak English.  And when you are out of your home in front of others - like at work, etc, it is rude to speak a different language.
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I think it is a little extreme, but I can understand the frustration.  Here in Texas, I get annoyed when people of Hispanic origin refuse to learn English, and our society and government enables them to do this by not requiring immigrants to learn english, and even forcing government employees to speak spanish.  Also, our local and national businesses learn spanish to accomodate those who do not speak our language.\n\nI am all for immigration....that is what the makes the U.S. An intresting place to live, but I doubt that if I moved to Mexico or Spain or any other spanish speaking country, that they would learn english to accomadate me.  I understand why they would not....pride in their culture...we have the same and would appreciate immigrants having enough respect to learn it.  After all, it is free from our government.  \n\nSo, I guess my final thought on your question is that I agree that it is a little extreme to forbid it, but at the same time, I see why and understand the reason.\n\nTake care and God bless.
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I support your petition. My theory is that they haven't found enough Spanish speaking people to check the questions and answers for dirty language, inconvenient contents, and so on. It seems that people at Q&A are rather prude when it comes to certain words (usually replaced by as many asterisks as letters the word originally had). So they mustn't have finished programming the site to do the same job for Spanish (or any other language, for that matter) dirty words.
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Most don't have to. They mostly stick to their own kind and don't have to work on their English. Plus they aren't made to. You have translators now and everything is in English/Spanish. So why do they really need to? I agree that if you are in this country you should learn the language. I can also say this because I am married to a Mexican so I am not racist in any way. If I moved to Mexico I don't expect things to be in English for me. I should have to learn Spanish. Fortunately, my husband speaks very good English. Before he met me he only spoke some, but since I don't know much Spanish he is forced to speak English all the time........so...therefor he has to learn English in order to communicate with me, and is should be the same with anyone who dosent speak English. You are in America therefor, you should speak our language, period. Like I said, they hang out and live by people who primarily speak their language so why should they have to?
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well English could be the official language there are a lot of hispanic people in the country to and they would want to keep their religion going