• sik0fewl@lemmy.ca
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    22 hours ago

    Japan’s in general is quite xenophobic, and I’m actually surprised it wasn’t a requirement already.

    The US doesn’t have an official language, so it would be weird to enforce English (for example). US is also full of immigrant/colonizers, so xenophobia is a bit weird there – it’s pulling up the ladder.

    I agree the double standard is funny, these were just some related thoughts.

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      7 hours ago

      The US doesn’t have an official language

      I thought the same, but apparently Trump made it English this year with an executive order.

      Because of course he fucking did.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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      10 hours ago

      The US doesn’t have an official language, it also doesn’t have an official national casserole.

      English proficiency is required by law in a lot of places for various things; you’ll find it in just about every subpart of FAR parts 61 and 65, for example.