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Reader comment on:
Amid Immigration, Home Depot Adds Spanish
in response to reader comment: English is the official language in the US

Submitted by Russell Salazar, Jan 23, 2007 12:21

Mr. Lamb,

While I agree with you that Home Depot is a less than desirable place to do business, your reasons for objection are fairly close minded. The Unites States is & always has been a melting pot for people from all over the world. Loyalty to the "American public" means adapting when that public's demographic changes.

Were you this upset when stores de-segregated restrooms & water fountains? The article said nothing about replacing the English signage in stores... how does also have Spanish signs affect you? Perhaps the thought of not being superior to those whose families more recently migrated to the US is where your problem lies.

If I were Home Depot, I'd read your response and be happy that customers like you wouldn't be coming around anymore... I don't think they sell Confederate flags anyways.

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Around Arizona where I'm from, Spanish and native American languages like Navajo have been spoken for centuries before English ever... [MORE]

Candace Bronson

Mar 4, 2007 06:02

ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MINDS - NO SIGNS WERE MADE FOR THE ITALIANS, GERMANS, POLISH OR ANY OTHER HAD... [MORE]

MARIETTA MAIORCA

Jan 26, 2007 18:26

In the article on Home Depot adding Spanish language signs, this professor at NYU, Marcelo Suárez- Orozco, is quoted as... [MORE]

Sacha Pitoeff

Jan 23, 2007 12:43

I now understand that the dollar is the bottom line at Home Depot. This change in your policy has made... [MORE]

Rick Lamb

Jan 23, 2007 09:44

Mr. Lamb, While I agree with you that Home Depot is a less than desirable place to do business, your reasons...

Russell Salazar

Jan 23, 2007 12:21

Look to Canada as one of many, many examples of 2 language countries. Quebec came very close to seceding a... [MORE]

Craig Lee

Jan 23, 2007 16:36

When people come here legally they have to learn english. Therefore one can conclude that if they are needing signs... [MORE]

TRICIA POOLE

Jan 23, 2007 17:26

I don't believe the US has ANY official language. If you look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States it states: Although the United States has... [MORE]

Peter Evensen

Jan 23, 2007 17:51

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