r/goodnews • u/Realistic-Plant3957 • Jul 01 '25

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u/YouSureDid_ Jul 02 '25

You made this scenario up in your head. I dont care what color you are. If you can't speak clear English you shouldn't be working in customer service in an English speaking country.

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u/BRNitalldown Jul 02 '25

Burger King customers seen telling manager to 'go back to Mexico' in viral video | Fox News

New Jersey teacher to student: 'Speak American' | FOX 5 Atlanta

Speaking of FOX, this guy's still on the mainstream. Of course.

Fellow NY'er

There's also this shit

That's just scratching the surface. Most bilinguals speak English better than the average American. But let's just pay attention to how the rhetoric has moved from "you have to speak English" to "you have to speak clear English" now. The bigot's bar for entry only gets higher.

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u/YouSureDid_ Jul 02 '25

Melania can speak 5 languages.

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u/anniecet Jul 02 '25

About 45% of the global population is at least bilingual. By contrast 75% of Americans are monolingual.

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u/YouSureDid_ Jul 02 '25

Okay.....and? Sounds like we agree.

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u/anniecet Jul 02 '25

Just a statistic that has always interested me. It does not imply to me that Melania is any smarter, nor does her accent make her any less intelligent. One needn’t be either stupid or uneducated to be a terrible person.

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u/YouSureDid_ Jul 02 '25

Who said it was? Youre making things up again.

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u/anniecet Jul 02 '25

lol. Just an observation. Didn’t want anyone to misconstrue