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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m South Asian and Muslim. I get tons of micro aggression too. From “you speak English so well” to “you’re so exotic” it doesn’t matter that I was born and raised in the Midwest, people just see other when they see Asians. It’s sad that now my kids are experiencing it. [/quote]

I’m a ordinary white American and no one has ever told me “you speak Spanish so well!” , despite considerable effort on my part to do so….If anyone ever did, I’d feel really complimented by that. I certainly wouldn’t think of it as a microaggression.

This crap is what’s wrong with this country now. Everyone is looking to win the most-offended-victim sweepstakes.[/quote]
You weren't born and raised in a Spanish speaking country! There is no correlation [/quote]

I work almost exclusively with Central Americans - hence my need to speak coherent Spanish. For all intents and purposes I DO live in a Spanish speaking country. That was the point of my post.

I’m sorry, I should’ve taken you into account when I posted earlier, and explained the things that would’ve otherwise seemed obvious because of context.

My bad  :roll: [/quote]

NP. But English is your first language, like the midwestern PP you’re trying to compare yourself to. How would you feel if english speakers told you you speak English well on a regular basis? Because that would be the equivalent to the story you responded to. She didn’t learn English as a second language as an adult for a job (like you’re trying to learn Spanish as an adult for your job). She grew up in an English speaking area with english as her first language.

Also, working with people who speak Spanish in an English speaking area isn’t the same as living in a Spanish speaking country. That’s just silly. I don’t know if you mean your coworkers speak Spanish or if your clientele speak Spanish, but when you leave work you’re back to being one of the majority-people who speak the dominant language in the country.

Your post was very odd. [/quote]

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