Being Bilingual in Spanish a discrimination against job seekers
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Mar 7th, 2016Someone from Alexander, AR signed.
Mar 7th, 2016Someone from Austin, TX writes:
Leasing Consultant Needed (South Austin) compensation: $10/per hour employment type: full-time We are looking for an energetic, organized person who wants to begin an exciting career in professional apartment management. Our company has leasing positions open beginning at $10.00/hour with benefits for a property in south Austin. Overtime is available. You will be trained on the job in all aspects of leasing, marketing, and resident communication and your success will be limited only by your willingness to work hard and learn. Bi-lingual is required (English/Spanish). Begin your new career today!! I saw this and felt it was wrong at the fact we like in a English speaking country.Mar 7th, 2016Someone from San Antonio, TX writes:
Sad any other country would LAUGH at the thought. Even for vacations people or expected to pick up a cliff notes on the country's language.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 6th, 2016Someone from San Antonio, TX writes:
I have a college degree, but can't get a job in my field because I refuse to speak Spanish. This is still America, right?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 5th, 2016Someone from New York, NY writes:
Why doesn't this stupid country ever do the Right thing and make it mandatory that every citizen of this country communicate in English only! The Founding Fathers of this country wrote everything esp. the U.S. Constitution in English, NOT a foreign language. Immigrants that don't assimilate should be deported immediately.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 4th, 2016Someone from Miami Gardens, FL signed.
Mar 4th, 2016Someone from Homestead, FL writes:
I just moved to Miami and I've been on several interviews,I have over 15 years experience been a nurse and all my interviews wants to know if I'm bilingual and the funniest thing is I couldn't not understand some of them because they don't speak understandable English. This frustrates me because I need a job I have bills and my qualifications and experience are not taken into considerationREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 4th, 2016Someone from Miami Gardens, FL signed.
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Mar 4th, 2016Someone from Omak, WA writes:
Almost all available jobs in my area require you speak Spanish. Unless the job is for a translator from English to Spanish, how can this not be descrimination? If an employer posted a job saying you must speak English, that's decriminalizationREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 4th, 2016Someone from Houston, TX writes:
I went to school to for 2 years to get my associates degree in the medical field...we had a job fair at school and all the employers wanted BILINGUAL...employees! all they chose were Hispanic students with no experience! I had over 10 years experience and they would not even talk to me unless I spoke Spanish!..that's discrimination at its best! I should not have to speak Spanish to get a job in America!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 3rd, 2016Someone from Pompano Beach, FL writes:
I was eliminated from my position of ten years at the same job as a medical assistant and replaced by a bilingual girl who spoke horrible English. You couldn't understand anything she said, but she was apparently more qualified than me since she spoke Spanish. They let me train her for three weeks then they gave me the pink slip. Smh!!! 10 years Wasted!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 2nd, 2016Someone from Kings Beach, CA signed.
Mar 2nd, 2016Someone from San Ysidro, CA writes:
Someone needs to investigate why all the fast food restaurants and restaurants in general have entire I repeat ENTIRE staffs of only mexican latino chicano hispanic.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 2nd, 2016Someone from Pompano Beach, FL writes:
I am 54 years old and never had to and should not have to learn another language in my own country in order to get a job. If they want to live here, they should learn the English language or go back to where they came from.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 1st, 2016Someone from Orange Park, FL writes:
What about stop complaining and start learning another languages? Not only Spanish, but Chinese, Korean and German. Hispanic people as well as South Africans, Bosnians, South Koreans, Japanese, even Afghans come here and learn English. Why can't we do the same? I think that we are the problem. While we are complaining here there a lot of foreigners learning not only our language but also other languages. It's time to play smart and start changing our approach!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 29th, 2016Someone from Brownsville, TX signed.
Feb 29th, 2016Someone from Brownsville, TX signed.
Feb 27th, 2016Someone from Clinton, TN signed.
Feb 27th, 2016Someone from Brooklyn, NY signed.
Feb 27th, 2016Someone from Fort Lauderdale, FL signed.
Feb 26th, 2016Someone from Fort Lauderdale, FL writes:
I tired of see my wife can't get a job in her profession because we are Born and Raised Americans can't speak Spanish!!! She had no choice to retire at 62 and loss 200.00 a month from Social Security!!! My wife and I are being discriminated in Fort Lauderdale, FL! Everywhere we go... we have to face language barrier. Cubans, Mexicans are talking in Spanish in the stores all over the place. We American are become a outcast!!! If I was in Mexico or Cuba and demand the English language spoken. They wouldn't give a rat ass. This should never to Americans!!! Mexicans and Cubans you need to learn how to speak and write ENGLISH in America or just leave the USA!!! Go back to you country!!! They are just plain lazy to speak English!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 26th, 2016Someone from North Miami Beach, FL writes:
It's sad I'm Native American and I can't find work here in Miami based on qualifications it's all based on do you or don't you speak Spanish . If you come to the States it be required that they learn our native language not we as Americans learning their language to make them comfortable or make it easier for them. I pay taxes and my tax dollars are going toward advancing them not Americans or single native American mothers like me.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 25th, 2016Someone from Cotati, CA signed.
Feb 25th, 2016Someone from Amarillo, TX signed.
Feb 25th, 2016Someone from Miami, FL writes:
I believe that requiring Spanish for construction work is unfair. Unless it is a manager or foreman who must give instructions to employees of different cultures, only one language should be required. I believe my fellow Latinos are using the "language loophole" as an excuse not to hire African-Americans.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 24th, 2016Someone from Altamonte Springs, FL signed.
Feb 24th, 2016Someone from Kissimmee, FL writes:
My ancestors needed to learn English to survive here. When did that change? Why am I being denied jobs because I don't speak any other language than our national language? And that's not considered discrimination?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 24th, 2016Someone from Rochester, WA signed.
Feb 23rd, 2016Someone from Miami, FL signed.
Feb 22nd, 2016Someone from Cumberland, RI signed.
Feb 21st, 2016Someone from Jensen Beach, FL writes:
I have nothing against foreigners but I do have a problem with not being able to get help assistance or a job because I can't help one or speak their language. They came here why not make them speak English since they want to be in AmericaREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 21st, 2016Someone from Fresno, CA writes:
It's unfair, and single mothers that only speak English need jobs also, I'm tired of seeing jobs where you have to speak Spanish or your disqualified from the job position. ..REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 19th, 2016Someone from Miami, FL writes:
You can't get a job in Miami unless you speak Cuban? I thought we got paid in American dollars! Not Cuban pesos?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 18th, 2016Someone from Santa Ynez, CA signed.
Feb 18th, 2016Someone from Jupiter, FL writes:
Every job I try to apply at asks for bilingual (English/Spanish). I already am bilingual in another language. I should not have to learn a 3rd language, just to get a job in America. Why not make all of the illegals learn English?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 18th, 2016Someone from Fresno, CA writes:
I am frustrated to get excited about a job posting and then it says must be fluent in Spanish! I hate when I have all the requirements for a job and then its says that!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 17th, 2016Someone from Miami, FL signed.
Feb 15th, 2016Someone from Fort Lauderdale, FL writes:
I have been a taxpayer for 3+ decades here, and have paid for the freebies, jobs and teaching of English to those whom my daughter and I now compete with for jobs. Americans and their giving nature has paid for it all, and now we struggle to just get by if we are fortunate enough to find a job where they will hire us. Now we are discarded after a lifetime of helping these others with our tax dollars. This has all happened so fast it is mind blowing.REPORT COMMENTS
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