Should English Be The Official Language

Should English be the Official Language of the U.S.? Immigrants all across the U.S. face the threat of having their culture destroyed through the languages they speak. By making English the official language of the U.S., immigrants lose culture because they are being surrounded by people who are pushing them to be within the norm that we’re all used to, (Article Myriad, 2016). Doing this is unfair and insensitive to immigrants, excludes them entirely and destroys the diversity that the U.S. values so much. Because of these reasons, and far more, English should not be the official language of the U.S. Making English the official language of the U.S. is unfair and culturally insensitive, (Article Myriad, 2016). This is culturally insensitive to immigrants all across the U.S. because they are being restricted to the ways of the americans. They can’t share and express their culture if it’s being taken from them. The U.S. has more immigrants than natives! In addition, it has over 11.5 immigrants on its own, and in just 2012, there were over 484K new immigrants, (Zong & Batalova, 2016). This is a very important issue also because many of the immigrants that the U.S. holds can’t speak English, which isn’t bad, but this means that if English were the official language, immigrants have a tough time getting around, talking to people, buying foods, it makes life in general, for an immigrant, a pretty tough one. Once again, this is unfair to immigrants, as well as excludes them. Immigrants are being pulled away from from the american life because they don’t speak English. …show more content…
Most immigrants move to America for the reason of living a better life, this can’t happen if English becomes the official language. So many times, America has been referred to as a, “melting pot”. The whole idea of the melting pot is easier than it sounds; it’s all of the amazing and especially diverse people, communities and cultures we have, all together and unified. This whole concept, the melting pot, this is the unified America that we’ve strived for-- the United States. Another wonderful concept is the, “mosaic”. Time and time again, America is described as a mosaic, (Lewis, 2016). This is all of the wonderful colors and shapes that we as Americans and immigrants form together, it creates a beautiful mosaic that wouldn’t have been made without the diverse community; that mosaic is America-- at least when it’s immigrants are part of the society. Creating an official language would destroy the color in the mosaic; it would be a plain monotone. Making an official language wrecks and ruins diversity. It’s completely hypocritical to be the unified and diverse nation but would litterally destroy the immigrants that …show more content…
This issue may not concern many of the americans living normal lives, subdued with their own problems, but to immigrants, this is an enormous problem that awaits response. Their lives are so dependent on language and finding others to help them, but they can’t find people to help when nobody else understands them. When they finally learn English, their entire culture is left and forgotten. The immigrants are the foundation that holds the U.S. together, by having an official language, it makes the immigrant life a very hard one to live. In conclusion, the “Official Language,” issue would be an unwise choice, and a life-changing one at that toward the enormous population of immigrants all across the