Illiteracy, why they will never assimilate into the American Culture

Fifteen or so years ago I purchased a Dental Practice from Guatemalan immigrant. He had quite a few hispanic patients that sought emergency care from him since he was fluent in Spanish.

I was fortunate enough to have a hold over staff member that was bilingual and would act as an interpreter so I could treat them effectively. After a period of time the staff member moved on and my hispanic patient base dwindled, except for this one family.

Angel, a twelve year old hispanic boy, would bring in his family (parents, aunts and uncles etc.) and act as an interpreter since he was bilingual. On one visit, in particular, I spoke to Angel and asked him why he didn't teach his family how to speak English. He said that he had asked them before if they would like to learn English, and they flat out refused.

Even stressing how learning English would improve their lives (ever notice what they call the Hispanic crew member on the job site who speaks English--"Hefe") didn't impress him at all. They just flat out refused to learn our language.

I thought that they were just being hard headed until recently. I sold my house faster than I expected and needed to find a condo to move into fast. I found a condo and hired a legal immigrant to renovate it, his crew of course did not speak English. I would check in on the project frequently to stay on them so that the job would be complete in time for me to move. I used google translate to communicate with the workers and they would look at the screen and nod si' and smile .

I would follow up with the boss when he was available, and in a few instances, the workers would do the opposite of what I wanted. Then it occurred to me, they can't read their own language. When I would show them the screen on my phone, they were hiding the fact that they were illiterate and just smile like they understood.

While I admire their work ethic and family focus, they will never assimilate into the American culture because of their illiteracy. This also explains why the Democrat Politicians want open borders, a continuous influx of more dumb voters that will believe all their lies and vote exactly as told.