[weegee]

Houston's radio dial (especially on AM, but also FM) is a tower of babble of languages (including Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic, and some things I could not identify, possibly Cambodian).

When I caught an AM talk show while strolling the dial, I caught the Arabic station and thought that I might hear their perspective but instead found that only about 4 words in 30 were in English.

We cannot celebrate our diversity if we cannot talk with one another. We are being balkanized as a nation.

[superskunk]

We cannot celebrate our diversity if we cannot talk with one another. We are being balkanized as a nation.


That, I definitely agree with. In the town where I live we used to have orchards that brought seasonal workers every year. Besides raising a little hell now and then, they were no problem. They would speak Spanish among themselves, but most could speak English well.

The music industry always tries to dictate, but the underground music movement has always lead the way. The industry eventually capitulates(as it always has).