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What are your thoughts on the video?

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It made me upset. I’ve seen different videos showing the same guy. One thing that came into my mind when watching this video was my mom. I feel like I want to react to what the guy was saying because so many things he said didn’t make sense. So many questions come to my mind, like has he ever done any research on the languages that are spoken here, maybe if he did he would know that the U.S. is full of immigrants that actually help this country.

 

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So one question that I really want to ask you isn’t on the list of questions that I sent you. The reason I really want to ask you this question is because I also interviewed Cristian and I know me and you know Cristian from high school but one thing that Cristian told me is that he is losing his ability to speak Spanish but he doesn’t see that as something that affects who he is he only sees it as a disadvantage when it comes to getting a job. Now, you two are similar in that you both have parents who come from different countries that you both weren’t born in. Your parents are from Mexico while you were born in the U.S. and Cristian’s parents are from Guatemala, but he was also born in the U.S. Now, do you also view your language the same way Cristian does? Do you not see it as a part of your identity?

 

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Yeah, I feel like my language is definitely a part of my identity. For me, even though I was born here, Spanish was always spoken to me at a very young age and everything American related I learned in school, so I always had my Spanish background. Another thing that helped me was the fact that most of the schools that I went to were predominately Latino so I always had friends who spoke Spanish

 

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So back to the video you said that you were upset about it. Could you elaborate a little more on that?

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I think I’m just looking at it from the point of view of my mom. I think that I’m just family orientated and so I know that… you know since now all of my sisters are going to college that means that my mom is alone and if she went shopping by herself and a random guy were to come up and say something like that to her she wouldn’t be able to defend herself so that’s really why this video makes me upset.

 

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How do you think Americans view people who speak a different language?

 

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I think it’s kinda hard to say I mean I can see how people would view being able to speak a different language as a good thing. I could imagine people saying oh you can speak a different language, you must be smart or something like that but then I can imagine people saying oh go back to your country you shouldn’t be speaking in a different language just like the guy in the video so to me it’s kinda hard to give one definitive view when both things can happen.