Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Observation Journal # 2
I was at work the other day and a woman comes up to me and complains that there is a sign written in English with the Spanish translation below it. She said it was “very offensive” to her because Spanish is not the language of this country. I’m thinking in my head “why are you telling me, I just work here I don’t make those decisions.” I listen to her complain a minute longer and then she finally leaves ending it with “that’s the language of the wetbacks.” Me and my co-worker couldn’t believe what we just heard and were both shocked that she said that. I really can’t believe there are people that ignorant and I was kind of offended even though it was no insult to me.
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It may not be the language of our country right now, but it slowly is becoming the dominate language. Some people are so ignorant. I can't believe someone would have the nerve to say that. I bet she would be just as offended if she went on vacation somewhere and there were no signs translated into English.
I really get agrovated when people complain about things you have zero control over. This lady sounds very ignorant, as if I am not mistaken, she used the "wrong" slur, maybe i'm wrong, but it's really not a big deal that something is written in another language smaller. If you go to other countries, they have English in those places, this woman needs to grow up.
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