• 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney talks about the value of knowing English and Spanish at a town hall interview organized by the Spanish-language TV network, Univision, between time markers 4:37-6:04:
  https://youtu.be/csiEKP8gxW0 (Links to an external site.)
• In the debates for the 2016 Republican primary elections, Cuban-American U.S. senators Ted Cruz of Texas (left) and Marco Rubio of Florida (right) argue over who will be tougher on undocumented Latin American immigrants. In the middle of the exchange, between markers 2:43–3:42, Rubio claims that Cruz wouldn’t know what Rubio’s positions are because Cruz doesn’t speak Spanish:
  https://youtu.be/QZKx26irnFo (Links to an external site.)
• In the June 2019 debate for the 2020 Democratic primary elections, European-American U.S. representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas and African-American U.S. senator Cory Booker of New Jersey use their non-native Spanish to answer questions about social and economic justice (video is 1min 30sec long:
  https://youtu.be/2s_I4536Fyg (Links to an external site.)
  This BuzzFeed news article summarizes (and pokes fun at) some of the social media reactions on Twitter:
  https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/beto-orourke-speaking-spanish-democratic-debate (Links to an external site.)

• How does Romney depict the value of knowing Spanish and the value of knowing English in his comments? In other words, in what social circles would the ability to speak Spanish be a legitimate expression of identity and in what circles would the ability to speak English be legitimate. Are abilities in the two languages presented as of equal value?
• Why would Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio try to enhance their legitimacy before an audience of mostly non-Spanish-speaking supporters of tougher measures against undocumented immigrants by emphasizing their Spanish-speaking identities?
• How effective do you think Beto O’Rourke and Corey Booker’s use of non-native sounding Spanish was in enhancing their legitimacy while speaking about social justice issues in front of a multi-ethnic and multi-racial audience?

2.Through watching the video, we observed that the candidates always focus on Spanish-English bilingual issues during President Election. Do you think that how whether the political candidates who are non-native Spanish speakers improve ethnic discrimination of Latina/o group in the United States?

1. Why does the ideology of “the American Dream” influence the way people think English is the principal language?