RESPOND TWICE. Read your classmates’ posts and respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings. These responses should be more than just stating that you agree or disagree. In these responces, raise questions, and/or analyze themes. For example, what did you learn from your classmates? How did your thinking evolve? Was there a specific posting that you found to be particularly thoughtful, intelligent, thought-provoking? What topics need further discussion?
RESPOND TWICE. Read your classmates’ posts and respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings. These responses should be more than just stating that you agree or disagree. In these responces, raise questions, and/or analyze themes. For example, what did you learn from your classmates? How did your thinking evolve? Was there a specific posting that you found to be particularly thoughtful, intelligent, thought-provoking? What topics need further discussion?
I would not support the English First Amendment, because it is not English that binds this country together. In a world where our words can be translated via something as widely owned as phones, we would necessarily have no extreme threat to functioning as a society. Any individual, American citizen or not, has the right to speak freely, including the way they speak.
If these cultures manage to wedge themselves into mainstream American culture and gain the favor of any of the current generations and various regional cultures of the U.S., then the languages could potentially thrive.
But also, while I think that languages do hold some profound cultural value, I do not think the language alone is the most important facet of cultures; the essence of those cultures lies in the values, morals, and philosophies; language, art, music, and fashion help to portray those ideals. Perhaps instead of trying to integrate these moribund tongues, other facets of the numerous tribal cultures should be emphasized. For Native culture to live on, it must be embraced by pop culture; the only way to be a proponent of any culture is to find relatable ideals within it. A movement that contains the proper ethos and pathos could carry native culture into all American culture. This has a chance of even leading to the resurgence of various endangered native languages, even then, it may be impractical to begin swapping dialects. Culture cannot be forced absolutely over another, but it can merge with others. There must be a give and a take in every cultural merging.
If this type of legislation is to ever be officially implemented, it would make things harder for those whose first language is not English; but if these cultures are willing to fight for their survival, then perhaps extra pressure is necessary to grab the attention of those who remain indifferent or unaware. If there is one thing that the American people can unite upon, it is in the name of our freedom of speech. If the government forced English down the throats of its bilingual, and monolingual, people, then perhaps it could inspire the proper motivation for widespread movements.
The English First Amendment would attempt to delude Native groups, to wash them of their ancestral culture, but it has the potential for a counter-reaction, and make the culture even more resolute.
But even then, if there are native youths who seek not to revive their ancestral culture, but to join a "mainstream" Americanized culture, then they have the right to move on as much as they do to restore it.
People should have the option of both, not be forced to participate in either.
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