I live in a city that is really diverse, but what about
other cities in this country? This country has a lot of multilingual
communities, so it is only fair that there are people employed who speak
different languages within these communities. If the U.S. House of Representative
has representatives based on population, will there ever be a day were
representation will depend on language? Yes, we are in the year 2020, but it is
still sad to see that people are being discriminated and treated poorly because
of their language. A post office in the state of Chicago was accused of
discrimination against non-English customers, and after one person posted about
this, a lot people agreed and voiced their opinion of the discrimination in
this post office. Likewise, in the article Black Ants and Buddhists we see that
workers are trying to learn the language so they can defend themselves and live
in the community. Our classroom will have students that are not English proficient
and we have the power to educate them and embrace their native language. I do
not want any of my students to feel discriminated and will do my best for them
to succeed in this country.
Ballesteros, Carlos. “Post
Office in Pilsen Accused of Discriminating against Non-English Speaking
Customers.” Times, Chicago Sun-Times, 8 Feb. 2020,
chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/7/21128343/pilsen-post-office-spanish-speakers-byron-sigcho-lopez-jesus-chuy-garcia.
Cowhey, M. (2006). Black ants and buddhists: thinking
critically and teaching differently in the primary grades. Portland: Stenhouse.
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