You know, even growing up going to school, I had teachers that were against bilingual teaching. I never understood that. My parents always had me speak Spanish first knowing I was going to speak English in school.
My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds.
I think I'm representing a new generation of Latinos - bilingual, bicultural people.
All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.
American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity.
I'm bilingual. I speak English and Spanish.
'Open Door' was a world music project and bilingual. It was in Hebrew and English, and it's great. I do think it's really beautiful. But it's very emotional and very dark - in a good way.
Of course, yes, I watched 'Dora' growing up. I'm bilingual, and she's like my icon.
Among the disciples of Jesus, it seems most likely that at least Philip was bilingual in Aramaic and Greek.
As an individual, and I have to say as a person of color, the thing about being an 'other' in America is I really feel like you're bilingual. I'm from a small town in Wisconsin, but even when I'm in New York and I'm working for MSNBC or CNN, you're used to being the only black person in the room.
