America is a country where all are welcomed and freedom is established. Every race, gender, and age group should feel proud of who they are, their culture, and their society from where they come from. This is why America has no official language. Huntington exerts that there was no amendment pressed to make english the official language of America. There has been no need, it is obvious that in America english is the prominent language. However, this should not allow people to drop their culture and conform to those around you. Our country does not need to establish a bilingual heritage because it already exists as well. Creating an official language would have separated the people of America from each other and freedom would have been limited.
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I agree with what you are saying. An official language sets restrictions and limits opportunity, and can restrain freedom especially those who don’t identity English as their first language. America is a melting pot and full of different cultures and races. Many of which speak different languages. Lots of them learn English in order to live and succeed in America, so I think making English the official language is also unnecessary as America is already identified as an English-speaking nation. Not having an official language makes America unique especially those who live multi-culture and bilingual lives. America has been thriving without an official language. We live by the Constitution, which didn’t establish English as the official language, so why change it now?