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    Speaking one's native tongue in public is in no way intended to be disrespectful. Speaking Spanish in public in the u.s. Should be looked upon the same way as speaking English in public. Non native speakers have played as much a role as native speakers in constructing the great nation we live in today.

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    Speaking one's native tongue in public is in no way intended to be disrespectful. Speaking Spanish in public in the u.s. Should be looked upon the same way as speaking English in public. Non native speakers have played as much a role as native speakers in constructing the great nation we live in today.

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    Hantzis1

    EvasofiaHantzis
    APELP.3
    Ms.Kanawi
    27April2016

    WhyandWhenWeSpeakSpanishinPublic
    InMyrianMarquezescolumnfortheOrlandoSentinel,WhyandWhenWeSpeak
    SpanishinPublic,sheassertstheimportanceofspeakingonesnativetongue,andbeingable
    continuouslyuse,hasonupholdingonesculturalheritage.SpeakingSpanishinpublicisinno
    wayintendedtobedisrespectfultobystandersthatareunabletounderstandtheconversation,
    howeveritdoesprovidecomfortwhenoneisabletospeakfreelywithoutfearingthejudgment
    ofotherswhentheirpronunciationandgrammarisnotonpoint.SpeakingSpanishinpublic,or
    forthatmatteroffactwhicheverlanguageonepossestheabilitytocommunicatein,intheU.S.A
    shouldbelookeduponthesamewayasspeakingEnglishinpublicastheU.Sdoesnothavean
    officiallanguage.Denyingpeopletospeakinthelanguageoftheirchoosingwouldresultin
    moretensesocialenvironmentswithpeoplebeingafraidtospeak,andaccordingtothe
    Constitutionshouldevenberegardedasillegal.
    MarquezhighlightsthattherighttospeakSpanishinpublichasbeenearnedthroughthe
    effortsofpreviousbilingualandmonolingualspeakers,yetinanattempttolookthroughthe
    perspectiveofthosewhoopposehershealsodisclosesexceptionsofwhenoneshouldrefrain
    fromspeakinginadifferentlanguage.Nonnativespeakershaveplayedasmuchofaroleas
    nativespeakersinconstructingthegreatnationweliveintoday,theyhavefoughtforthis

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    countryinU.S.ledwarsjustasanyother,puttingtheirlivesatriskinordertoensurefora
    bettertomorrow(Marquez1).Aswellasbeingactivemembersofthegovernmentparticipating
    fullyinthenation'sdemocracybyvoting,andprovidinglabourwhereneededtobuildasolid
    foundationforsocietytogrowon(1).Ifpeoplehavethetimetoconsideritrudeorcreate
    scenariosinthereheadthinkingthattheyaretalkingaboutthem,thentheyshouldalsobeable
    toconsiderthefactgenerallythattheymightactuallyhavebeenhavinganormalconversation,
    andbesidesmostofthetimepeopleprefernottowastetheminisculeamountoftimethathaveto
    speakintheirnativetonguediscussingrandomstrangers(1).Furthermore,Marquezmoredirectly
    addressesthisissuebystatingthatitisnotintendedtoberude,andsheunderstandsthatone
    shouldnothaveaconversationinSpanishwhentheirisapersonthatisonlycapableofspeaking
    English.Justasoneconsidersittoberespectfulandaportrayalofhowmuchonecareswhen
    shakinghandsorhuggingtheirparents,grandparents,andfamilytheactofspeakingSpanish
    representsthesameideaandalsograntscomfortintheirculturalroots.Beingbilingualinboth
    GermanandEnglishthiscomplexdilemmaisoneIfaceonadaytodaybasis,yetIdonotallow
    ittoaffectme.OnewouldnotrespondtotheirEnglishspeakinggrandparentinFrench,soI
    choosenotrespondtomygrandmotherinEnglishwhensheaddressesmeinGerman.
    PeoplearewitnessingtheirchildrenandgrandchildrenbecomingsoAmericanthat
    theyresistspeakinginSpanish,theextremedesiretobepartoftheculturalnormhasgoneso
    farthatchildrenarebeginningtodistancethemselvesfromtheirheritageinordertofitinwith
    everyoneelse(2).IfthiscontinuestheU.S.willnolongerbeabletoconsideritselfasaladbowl,
    andthediversitythatmakesourcountrysouniquewillbeallbutadistantmemory.Marquez
    presentseasilyjustifiedargumentsthataddressreaderswhosharethesameopinionasher,as

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    wellasthosewhoopposeherorareunsureofwheretheystand,alongwithadequateevidence
    thatsupportsherclaimastowhyeveryonewhocanspeakSpanishshouldbeabletodosoin
    public.

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