Reply #8: Does speaking another language in America effectively... [View All]

keep people from advancing?

I ask becuase my wife is Chinese and she has had several jobs turn her away for apparently no reason other than 'their impression' of her.

She has a Master's degree. She is bright, friendly and very intelligent. She does her job well. Yet her boss in a recent interview, told her that she had to take a ESL class to improve her speaking ability. Greatly humiliated, she did. She spoke with her peers and they could not understand it. She just got rave reviews from the business side on a presentation she had done.

I am a little concerned that the current drive to allow the dual language society os to create a PERMANENT underclass. I just do not know for sure and it is a very sticky issue...now if you ask my wife...it is cut and dry.

English is the language that leads to advancement in the US.

:shrug:

Peace.