[kubedawg]

read, write, and speak English? Why is that so much to ask? If I were to go to another country, it'd be in my best interest to learn that specific country's language. It's not racist unless you put a face to the person you allow into the USA. Are you talking about Mexico? I'm talking about anyone world-wide who'd like to gain citizenship here... Hypocritical? Just because one doesn't use proper grammar in every sentence they write or say does not make one hypocritical. You still get the message, even if you have to decypher their post or ask them to repeat themselves.

And we base our thinking on something that happened a couple hundred years ago. That's just dumb, why? Because things change over time. I'm all for people coming here to the USA, as I'd like to visit a lot of other countries at some point in time, and hey, maybe even find a nice home in Japan somewhere.

Having people read, write, and talk in basic English would not be a bad thing to incorporate. Look at it this way, racism is bound to happen anywhere in the world, but if we do this, then once a person has qualified by learning our basic language here, less people would be able to judge them for their actions. Sure, people still have cultural backgrounds, but an understanding of the english language and maybe even our history, too, would help the people wanting to come here for whatever reason. Benefits can only come of something like this.