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Can you explain exactly what you’re “all for”? Because of the handful of interpretations of your post, several are downright psychotic.
Almost half of Californians speak a non-English language at home
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The US and Europe are very different in terms of actual immigration in terms of population. The US has immigrants from many different nations and cultures that actually are less stratified.
Europe on the other hand has a more homogeneous immigrant population which is the cause for more friction.
All this to say, Europe i headed into a different direction than the US for the reasons stated above.
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#13Strange wording, why don't they just write... "Almost half of Californians don't speak English at home"?
Because they might speak English and another language?
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#14Strange wording, why don't they just write... "Almost half of Californians don't speak English at home"?
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#15Given that the US doest not have an official language, this rings a weird bell. Had the been England or any other country with an official language, it would have been something. In particular with the history of California and the proximity to Mexico, the opposite (that more than 50% speaks english) should be the story.
California was almost empty when it was annexed into the US. Disease etc. Immigration from the rest of the English-speaking US completely dwarfed what was left.
Almost 100% of Spanish-speaking Californians have come in the past 50-70 years. Basically none have historical roots to California.
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#16I’d be curious to know what percentage of people in California speak no English at all.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you referencing the stabbings or the riot?
Riots. Nothing is known yet about the attack and its motives, but we know the motives for the riots.
Actually, it's the other way around. I don't think anyone has yet declared their motives to riot, but the perp has been identified as Algerian. It's also true that the rioters probably knew this.
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#20Strange wording, why don't they just write... "Almost half of Californians don't speak English at home"?
Probably because speaking a language other than English at home doesn’t mean that they don’t speak English at home.