Racism is definitely one reason, but you have to also put into perspective how big the united states is and what it’s like to be around almost exclusively people speaking your language.
A quick Google (I’m not verifying the source I don’t care that much) says 75% of the US speaks English as their primary language. If you removed the Spanish speakers, it would be over 90%.
Imagine if every country around you only spoke one language, that’s sort of what it’s like with the states. You’re much less likely to get people from nearby areas who just speak a different language, and so these people aren’t used to hearing it. We just aren’t close to a diverse set of languages.
That said, there’s no reason for them to have this strange paranoia that they’re being made fun of in another language (they probably are, since they’re losers, to be fair). Nor does it make sense for them to react with such xenophobia.
Racism is definitely one reason, but you have to also put into perspective how big the united states is and what it’s like to be around almost exclusively people speaking your language.
A quick Google (I’m not verifying the source I don’t care that much) says 75% of the US speaks English as their primary language. If you removed the Spanish speakers, it would be over 90%.
Imagine if every country around you only spoke one language, that’s sort of what it’s like with the states. You’re much less likely to get people from nearby areas who just speak a different language, and so these people aren’t used to hearing it. We just aren’t close to a diverse set of languages.
That said, there’s no reason for them to have this strange paranoia that they’re being made fun of in another language (they probably are, since they’re losers, to be fair). Nor does it make sense for them to react with such xenophobia.