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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just because you didn't explicitly call him a loser doesn't mean it wasn't a clear implication.

If you don't want your child to have all of the advantages public education in DC can offer, great. There's a huge line for them anyway. And maybe you just think that immersion won't work for your kid. Totally fine!!

But to make a comment that equates speaking Spanish with cutting grass?  That's racism. Don't kid yourself. [/quote]

The guy who cuts my grass speaks French, and he's from Haiti.

Now who's bias is shining through?  :?: [/quote]

Still you. I assumed Spanish because it's the dominant foreign language in DC. You assumed your lawn guy is a loser because he cuts grass and is foreign.

Also you're assuming I'm white. I'm Hispanic.

If you weren't such a disgusting racist, you would say something like "so and so in my office speaks 6 languages and it's never helped him/her."  But you don't have that story because on almost every count speaking languages is a plus, not a minus. And I have dozens of anecdotes from people who couldn't get jobs because they were monolingual.

As I've said before, if you don't think immersion is for your kid, I totally get it. It's tough to support a foreign language you don't know. It's tough to watch your kid struggle. And you can definitely learn another language later in life (I learned 4 later in life!).

But you're just a racist. [/quote]

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