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Old July 18th, 2007, 12:57 AM   #38 (permalink)
kingcap72
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Agreed. Speaking spanish isn't discrimination, it's more a necessity. People need to get out of this one language mentality. I am looking to take a Chinese(Mandarin) speaking course at the local college. It's the changing of the times and if I want to get ahead I need to adjust to it. I am a minority when I walk into a press box, into a room full of white middle aged men and I am the only woman of color. Not fun.
I feel the same when I walk into meetings at work, and I'm the only minority. But with the racist idiots running my job I just get used to it. And you're right, learning a language is more of necessity than it is discrimination.
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