The hidden aspects of bilingualism

The hidden aspects of bilingualism...People often forget the cultural aspects when learning a language. Say you’re a white American. You invest thousands of dollars to learn a language, for example Chinese. As much as you may become fluent, guess who they will hire for the job available that requires someone to speak Chinese? The Chinese-American, or the Chinese immigrant. No matter how fluently you may speak a foreign language, what recruiters don’t say is that they often look at the ethnic background before they hire people. A white American speaking Chinese is not credible.

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