Example: several of my former coworkers are from Mexico, Peru and Argentina, meaning they share Spanish as a common language.
I used to practice Spanish with them, but my last charge (like a ward’s manager) would yell at us to stop it, use English only. She would get very angry really fast if she heard anything in a language she didn’t understand.
I find it stupid, because some of them would use Spanish to better explain to the new nurses how to do certain procedures, but maybe I’m missing something?
In the US I get so tired of hearing this from other white people. I do not look like a typical Spanish speaker but I’m fluent in the language and not once have I heard anyone talking shit in Spanish around me or other white people (living in Los Angeles with Spanish all around me).
At this point I just assume people who have this fear are just completely self-centered.
“Ive never experienced this so it cant possibly exist”
How arrogant can you be.
Why are you afraid of punctuation?
When 2 people that know a language want to talk shit about someone else that doesn’t know the language, the first thing they’ll do is speak that language.
It’s not an unreasonable fear at all.