Spanish Becomes Vital in Miami
Spanish is rapidly becoming the predominant language in many large areas of Miami and, slowly but surely, is replacing English for everyday communications in different contexts. The proliferation of the language has become so widespread that mostly everyone from Latin America can feel at home walking the streets of Miami. There was a time where learning English in London was considered a great asset. In Miami nowadays, however, you usually don't even need to speak English to carry on with business as usual.
When we say business as usual, we mean it. Stores make it a point to wait on their growing Spanish clients in their own languages. Universities take great pains to offer several programs for Spanish speakers. Almost the entire business and service industry in Miami makes sure to make room for their Spanish only speakers. In supermarkets, banks, restaurants and government buildings, both information and assistant is readily available in Spanish for those who need it. Advertisement also targets this growing portion of the market as well as radio and television shows.
Resentment
It makes it hard for some people to find a job because they don't speak Spanish, and I don't think that it is right.
The language and immigrant situation on Miami is less than pleasing to the English speakers who are actually starting to feel marginalized. The amount of English speaking natives has decreased at a breakneck speed in the last 50 years and nowadays the Hispanic population makes up for over 60% of the total. A big portion of the Anglo population resents the fact that they need to learn a foreign language in order to get an advantage at work. In reality the situation on Miami is even more extreme: learning Spanish does not necessarily give you an edge when it comes to work; not learning it, however, is a serious disadvantage and employers are starting to expect all their employees to be able to deal with the language.
As a result of this situation, most of the Anglo population is leaving towards the North. Most of the people interviewed said that they never expect Hispanics to enroll on an English school London, New York or anywhere else but just to make an effort to adjust to the ways of the natives rather than forcing them to adjust to their ways.
