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At the course of the years, the U.S.’s population has grown to be composed by over six different races, from which Hispanic domains as the largest one. Hispanics conform 15% of the U.S. population, making this group the chief minority within the country. This obviously means Spanish language is coexisting with English inside of the U.S. and it’s becoming more and more commonly popular as the Hispanic population grows. This is called common sense along with some middle school math. As the Spanish speaking population increases, so will the use of their native language and this does not mean English is being unjustly eradicating; therefore, the idea of Language Planning for the conservation of English is absolutely ridiculous.

First of all, Latino people are being procreated within the United States, meaning that a large percentage of them will learn perfect English along with Spanish whether it is in school or simply living life. 59% of Hispanics speak perfect English, thus being completely capable of abiding by any North American social law. It is absurd to say Spanish is taking over English within America when Hispanics themselves usually prefer English. For instance, in 2012, 82% of Latino adults surveyed said that at least some of the news they followed were broadcasted entirely in English. 32% followed them exclusively in English.  This was 22% in 2006. So English is dying right?

Having said this, I restate that English laws are ludicrous. There is proof that English is still prevailing so why remove a part of a community’s identity by establishing English Only laws in schools? 30 out of the 50 states have Official English Laws, and one of these states being California, where 38% of the population is Hispanic. In 1998 an English-Only rule within classrooms was established in California. Hispanic students and teachers were banned to express or communicate with each other in their mother tongue. English is still there. These people speak it along with their mother tongue. This is a total identity detachment. Language composes a great part of a person’s culture and it is totally unfair to pilfer someone’s roots this way. Just think about it. What principally defines where you come from? We are what we speak and people cannot be nobodies.