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Why do some Americans get angry at other people for not speaking English? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've hears stories of some Americans telling other people who are speaking a non-English language "This is America, speak English!" even if the conversation has nothing to do with them. Why do they do this?

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's called xenophobia, the fear and dislike of anything foreign. Some people believe that if your group isn't dominant it will be dominated, and peaceful coexistence isn't possible between different groups.

These people are afraid that, if the English language isn't forced onto other people, one day other people will force a foreign language onto them.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

Not everyone disliking something is necessarily phobic towards it. That's just one possoble explanation.