Why are so many Americans against making Spanish a co-official language in the United States?
The cultural identity of the United States defines our language as an English offshoot with various regional dialects. Making another language a “co-language” devalues the cultural significance of our own dialect and discourages cultural exchanges. Our language has grown from a purely British tongue to include various words and phrases that are borrowed from multiple languages and cultures. Take the phrase “okay”, one of the possible sources for the much loved term is from the Choctaw Indians. Our culture is open and allows for the wholesale assimilation of different cultures into the larger society. Forcing the culture of this nation to “adopt” a language for which the majority of it’s people do not use will alienate the Hispanic community even further. By all means learn any language you wish to use but all of us must have some sort of a common ground to communicate with. The largest barrier to communication is a lack of common experience. By not having a single, standard way to comm
