Daniel Bradford
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Comments by "Daniel Bradford" (@Falconlibrary) on "Afghan refugees take the British government to court to get the school they want for their children" video.
In California, all public services are done in a multiplicity of languages. When my mother's parents came to the US from Sweden, they had to learn English in order to survive and thrive in their new land. In other words, being forced to assimilate was a good thing for them--they weren't locked in a language ghetto where they were perpetually at the mercy ofothers.
I know many people who've been in the US for generations and still don't speak English. I have neighbors from Iraq who've been here 15 years--15 years!--and most of the adults in the household know only a few words of English. They don't need to, because the government provides translators for them for everything (as well as generous public assistance), so they've no incentive to learn English. Truthfully, they've never even tried.
They won't be my neighbors much longer. A combination of local government grants and charitable aid have bought them a newly refurbished house, free of charge, and a monthly stipend for them to maintain it. I, being born in the US and having paid taxes since I was fourteen years old, get nothing. So much for "white privilege".
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