I am Mexican, but I do not speak Spanish. Both of my parents are Mexican, but only my mom speaks Spanish. I speak fluent English, it is my first language. I get crap if I mess up when I try to speak Spanish even though English is the only thing I have been around for the majority of my life. I live in America, it's the language I had to learn to get around in life. Is there another person out there who doesn't speak their ethnic language? (Like a Chinese person who doesn't speak Mandarin.)
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Not really. I'm also Mexican American and I'm happy to be able to speak both languages fluently. Don't pay attention to those who give you crap, at least you know a little Spanish and try to use it even if you don't speak it well. That's better than knowing Spanish but denying you speak it like many Mexicans/Hispanics do because they think they will be seen as illegals if they speak Spanish. I speak Spanish when I'm with my close friends who are all hispanic and sometimes people give me looks because they probably think I don't speak English but I actually do speak it very well but Spanish comes more naturally to me.
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