Having Driver’s tests only in English. Rubbish. States such
as Missouri and Georgia have adopted this heinous policy, which is only
continuing to increase discrimination and murder identity. Not being able to test for a rightly deserved
and necessary transportation mechanism in the language which you feel more
comfortable with makes no sense. 59% of Hispanics can speak English fluently
and the other 41% is perfectly capable of understanding a “Stop” sign on the
street, so why continue to burn and prejudice these people’s identities. Huge
discrimination aspects show up here too. So you cannot drive if you do not
speak English or perfect English. Ouch. What a way to make minorities feel
inferior. Everyone has the right to drive. And if you don’t care at all about
feelings look at the practical side. What will provide better results?
Scenario 1:
Allowing people to perform the test in the language they
feel more comfortable with and understand better.
Scenario 2:
Forcing people to detach from their base cultural language,
which they feel more comfortable responding in to take the test in English.
Come on; don’t crack your head too hard on this one.
Point is, language planning can reinforce but also detain
identities, and sometimes give a negative outcome. There is no point in
isolating people from their base cultural language when they are getting along
with English perfectly well. Other cultures cannot be forcefully molded to
become all-perfect Americans. I bet you wouldn’t like it if it were the other
way around.
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