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I was trying to look for stories on how people some English speakers in America get offended when people speak a foreign language, even if they aren't talking to them. I had an experience today where someone made a comment on how "rude" it was, and I was curious to know why. This is just an event that happened in 2006 that I found interesting. I hope to find more articles about this topic.

We do have Freedom of Speech in this country. So it is interesting that we feel like that speech must be in English, even when the speech is between people speaking to each other in private. It may go to insecurity. We are one of the only 1st world countries who is not multilingual. Most countries (1st world or not) are conversant in more than just one language.

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?CountriesWithMoreThanOneLanguage This tells you which countries speak more than one language and how the list of countries that only speak one language is very short

I really like this article becasue it puts into perspective how the US perceives gun laws and people's rights and how race becomes a factor in justice. It raises a lot of questions and I find it really interesting. Thanks for this!

I like this because there is a scientific study behind it. There are some people who say blacks are obese because all they do is eat fried chicken and do nothing all day, this proves that there is a scientific reason behind some of the obesity differences in different races

I'm not sure who these "some people" are, but it is a sad stereotype for people to propegate or believe in. Yes, different groups of people are predisposed to different illnesses. Oftentimes this has to do with access to resources and stress. The video I referenced earlier "Unnatural Causes" is a good case of this. Black people in this the US vs. other 1st world countries die on average 10 years sooner than their whiter counterparts. This is actually attributed to the stress they feel from society and racism. We can also refer to many other studies from the video regarding class and people of color.