You are alienating me because you’re not speaking in English.
Said to me by a U.S. born acquaintance after a friend and I were having a personal conversion in our native language.
Tags: language, nationality
December 8th, 2011 | Comments (2)
Microaggressions
Tags: language, nationality
December 8th, 2011 | Comments (2)
It actually is kind of alienating. When people speak to eachother in a language you don’t understand in your presence they are excluding you and you feel a bit hurt. I can speak Spanish, but I wouldn’t speak Spanish to my brother in the presence of non-Spanish-speaking friends.
19.03.2012, 6:41 amYes,that is alienating. I always try not to speak in my native language in front of a non-native!
24.05.2012, 4:58 pm