CNN Reporter: Speak English?

[wvufan1988]

Sorry. I am new and not sure how to post a video directly into the thread

http://mediamatters.org/video/2012/11/06/cnns-ashleigh-banfield-asks-voters-standing-in/191172

[HopeHoops]

1. Good fucking grief. "Speak English?" - What the FUCK?

[marble falls]

2. A bit goofy, maybe. But not outrageous. At least she was aware of the diversity of where she ....

interviewing. I understand she speaks very good Spanish herself.

[CTyankee]

3. I am an ESL tutor and the ONLY time I inquire if someone speaks English is in a foreign country

that is not native English speaking.

[Mika]

4. For Miami, not an unrealistic question.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami#Languages

Languages

As of 2000, speakers of Spanish as their first language accounted for 66.75% of residents, English by 25.45%, Haitian Creole by 5.20%, and French speakers comprised 0.76% of the population.[80]

Other languages that were spoken throughout the city include Portuguese at 0.41%, German at 0.18%, Italian at 0.16%, Arabic at 0.15%, Chinese at 0.11%, and Greek at 0.08% of the population. Miami also has one of the largest percentage populations in the U.S. that have residents who speak first languages other than English at home (74.55%).[80]

Due to English-speakers moving away from the area, the percentage of residents who speak only English is expected to continue to decline.[81]