Journal of an Immigrant: Immigrant’s Rights and duties

Journal of an Immigrant: Immigrant’s Rights and duties: Photo: Internet A few days ago I reflected on the privilege representing Speak, just a great privilege is perhaps Sil...

Immigrant’s Rights and duties

Photo: Internet

A few days ago I reflected on the privilege representing Speak, just a great privilege is perhaps Silence. An adage dictates, "You are owner of your silenced and slave of what you say."

A few days ago I was at the Rhode Island Employment office waiting to see a friend who works there and was conducting an interview, while waiting came two women who needed information about job’s opportunity.

Fearing that represents not see Hispanic faces at reception, They decided that I would be their receptionist, so I was immediately bombarded with a series of questions that logically I could not answer, so I motivated them to get in line and wait their turn, which no doubt someone would meet them in their own language because that is " coldly calculated “.

At the insistence of the women, I was forced to go with them to the wall where the different job opportunities that come every day to that office are published. I began to relate to them the titles that every job had; same as they were written in correct English. With great displeasure one of them said, "that should be in Spanish.”

People all over the world go there and other government offices. They seek to have employees who speak multiple languages to understand that not all speak English. However, as the official language is English all documentation must be submitted in English.

These women like many other people living in The United States for decades and never showed interest in learning the language, but are not able to understand that is not the responsibility of the country that they remain behind those invisible walls imposed by the ignorance. Each one makes his own destiny.