The American melting pot

[bachata]

YouTube - Viva la diferencia - Alvarez Guedes

In this video Alvarez Guedes talks about the difference between the American and the Hispanic people, so when we move to the US we have to start thinking and living the way they do, this process is called the American melting pot.
I’m Caribeño I doubts to start walking so fast like the Americans do, some time in the evenings I stay looking the people passing by my side going to pick up their cars in the parking deck.
UNBELEABLE!!!!!! Looks like a car competition in Daytona on the way out.

JJ.

[jrhartley]

only Americans are like Americans, when Ive been there I was struck by how different Americans are to English people.....Ive decided I have more in common with Europeans and Australians which isnt surprising I suppose lol

[mountainannie]

Originally Posted by jrhartley

only Americans are like Americans, when Ive been there I was struck by how different Americans are to English people.....Ive decided I have more in common with Europeans and Australians which isnt surprising I suppose lol

I once made a list of the languages that I speak in terms of making myself understood by the local inhabitants and "English" as in "GB" was 24th! (Australia came out about 4th, I think though so we could get an Oz to interpret for us).

LOVED that VIDEO!

[mountainannie]

And- more subtly - only New Yorkers are like New Yorkers - and the majority of Dominicans who go to the States are in/around NY. Which may be why I am feeling so comfortable in Santo Domingo - which I consider sorta as a barrio of Nueva York.

[bienamor]

Originally Posted by bachata

YouTube - Viva la diferencia - Alvarez Guedes

In this video Alvarez Guedes talks about the difference between the American and the Hispanic people, so when we move to the US we have to start thinking and living the way they do, this process is called the American melting pot.
I’m Caribeño I doubts to start walking so fast like the Americans do, some time in the evenings I stay looking the people passing by my side going to pick up their cars in the parking deck.
UNBELEABLE!!!!!! Looks like a car competition in Daytona on the way out.

JJ.

I think the difference is that the Hispanics are the first group to move into the USA, and not assimilate. Even into the 2nd 3rd generation, they tend to not meld into the population. If you look at the Irish, Italian, Polish, even Russian etc after the 2nd 3rd generation. they have moved out of the barrios(enclaves), and melted into the general population. In most countries, if you have government business, you will do it in the language of the country. You cannot take your drivers license test in Germany in English. In the US take it in Spanish, fill out your IRS forms in Spanish, Kyrol etc. No wonder they don't assimilate!

Europe the US/Canada are all now experiencing this problem with the current groups of immigrants into both areas and example would be the Muslims wanting Sharia law to be used for them instead of the Law of the land. In other words we want to live where we want to but we should still be able to follow the laws and customs of where we came from even if they are against the law of the country we are living in.

[mountainannie]

Except of course, for Chinatown?!?!?

[Ezequiel]

Originally Posted by bienamor

I think the difference is that the Hispanics are the first group to move into the USA, and not assimilate. Even into the 2nd 3rd generation, they tend to not meld into the population. If you look at the Irish, Italian, Polish, even Russian etc after the 2nd 3rd generation. they have moved out of the barrios(enclaves), and melted into the general population. In most countries, if you have government business, you will do it in the language of the country. You cannot take your drivers license test in Germany in English. In the US take it in Spanish, fill out your IRS forms in Spanish, Kyrol etc. No wonder they don't assimilate!

Europe the US/Canada are all now experiencing this problem with the current groups of immigrants into both areas and example would be the Muslims wanting Sharia law to be used for them instead of the Law of the land. In other words we want to live where we want to but we should still be able to follow the laws and customs of where we came from even if they are against the law of the country we are living in.

Irish, Italian, Polish and Russian had been accused of the same thing you are accusing Hispanics.

And by the way English has never been the official languange of the U.S. and it will never be.

[Chip]

Originally Posted by Ezequiel

Irish, Italian, Polish and Russian had been accused of the same thing you are accusing Hispanics.

And by the way English has never been the official languange of the U.S. and it will never be.

If I remember the constitution was written in Latvian and the local legal codes, torts etc. are all recorded in Mandarian. To top it of the lawyers and judges converse in Kongo, el pipo!

[Ezequiel]

Originally Posted by Chip

If I remember the constitution was written in Latvian and the local legal codes, torts etc. are all recorded in Mandarian. To top it of the lawyers and judges converse in Kongo, el pipo!

I know the constitution was written in English, but NO where in the U.S. Constitution says that English is the official languange, and if i'm not mistaken the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the English only laws in two states Arizona and Alaska.

[Chip]

Originally Posted by Ezequiel

I know the constitution was written in English, but NO where in the U.S. Constitution says that English is the official languange, and if i'm not mistaken the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the English only laws in two states Arizona and Alaska.

precedent.....