I’ve hears stories of some Americans telling other people who are speaking a non-English language “This is America, speak English!” even if the conversation has nothing to do with them. Why do they do this?

  • Muffi@programming.dev
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    4 months ago

    I think you maybe read something that the op didn’t write? Pointing out that “there are racists everywhere” is in itself not a racist statement.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      This is not an American thing. People around the world are biased against immigrants.

      this is their statement - assuming anyone they hear not speaking english are immigrants.

      it’s incorrect.

      • silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Sure it’s incorrect, but saying someone is racist because of that is asinine. It’s not like they said that they are worse people just because they’re immigrants, it was just a shortcut for saying “people who speak languages other than English in day to day conversation”. Don’t get hung up on such details.

      • Daxtron2@startrek.website
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        4 months ago

        Its not incorrect. People around to world are biased against immigrants, and someone who is stupid enough to get mad at someone speaking another language is also stupid enough to assume that they are not from the US even if they were born and raised there.