Jessica Alba Says Her Daughter will be Raised Bilingual

How moronic of you!

"Alba, who has been criticized in the media for trying to distance herself from her Latina roots,"
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Fath and bejabbers, sure and I've been trying to distance me self from my potato eating roots for years. And dibble a man to say a word agin it.

Wow That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

How many Whites are ripped on for not speaking German, or French, or whatever?

How many Black People are ripped for not speaking swahili or something?

That's the funniest thing I've ever heard. Poor little Jessica Alba. I guess being one of the hotest women in the world and worth millions and millions of dollars just isn't enough for her. Now she needs to pretend to be from Puerto Rico because she has a little tan.

That's great. And Latino's say white people are racist. What a joke.

very stupid. She doesn't even speak Spanish. It will not last long. All parent dream of it. Unless you use it in the home with the child it will not work, unless she is living in a Spanish speaking community

Ok, I am sorry, This is out of control. I am a second generation American. My family is from Scottland. I was raised to speak English. My family had to take a test that included English to become an American Citizen. I learned Spanish in high school as part of my curriculum. I can count on one hand how many words I recall. I am not bilingual...So since I am just a second generation American does that mean I should be also able to speak Gailic since that is my heritage for fear I may be chastized by those in Scotland when I am an American??? Come on, how rediculous does this sound? If you are of another nationality and come to the US to be an American, that is what you are...An American...Be proud of your heritage but don't go to extremes of sounding racist like this because latinos think everyone should speak Spanish too...There are also Asians, Indians, etc. in this country. It has been an English speaking country for over 100 years, The majority of people are English speaking...Leave it alone! If you are going to insist we change our national language-Then I vote Gailic!!!!!!

While there's nothing wrong with wanting your child to grow up bilingual, doing so just because that Latino community says so is stupid. The Latino community should never have chastised her for not knowing Spanish, considering she's more American than I am.

When my mother immigrated to the US, she killed herself learning English. It was more important to her that I grow up learning the language of America, rather than her native Italian.

A good knowledge of English removes many barriers in the future

I am a first generation in America, raised with both Spanish speaking parents, and yet alot of the language is lost if there is not a concerted effort to keep it.

When you are raised in America, friends, tv, school etc revolve around English, and this is a good thing to know the language of the country you live in, it is only for your own benefit and others that you will interact with.

But I do remember the way that the elders would look at this first generation trying to speak a language that they did not go to school for. Instead of encouragement there would be alot of criticism, eventually some kids will stop trying at this point.

I kept my language through going to church service, catecism, and making it my priority to keep a language that is part of my culture. Ultimately wanting something that belongs in my family is my responsibility, as well as something that belongs to the country I live in is my responsibility to learn and to keep.

Don't criticize Jessica Alba for wanting her child to learn something that is part of her culture, we should be happy that she wants that for her child. For those who are being negative about it, it must be that you are frustrated that you don't have an extra language to speak. Go learn one.

If Jessica had remained in school instead of becoming a Hollywood round heel, she would know Spanis was a required subject in high school. Or is it any more.

Welcome to America...NOW speak ENGLISH

I think it is great that she is teaching her daughter Spanish. I also grew up not knowing the language. My mother never taught me and I feel like I was cheated by it.

orlfrd, "black people" are not critised for not speaking "swahilli" because they are not from Africa. Their ancestors were, not them. If they were Africans then that would be different case. As for me an African(Nigerian to be precise) I do not know how to speak some of the many languages and yes, I do get chastised for it because I live there and cannot speak everything. My point is that there is a difference between Africans and African Americans (to me they are still Americans: not sure why they make the distinction).
I guess people are just looking for something or someone to blame! I don't think they are necessarily rasists.

Gee, wouldn't most of us like our kids to be bilingual, unfortunately when your second language isn't Spanish in California the schools don't support it. Try finding a public school in California where the only foriegn language your kids can study isn't Spanish.

Try Hayward Unified School district (suburb of Oakland, CA), where a public elementary school offers Mandarin Immersion beginning in kindergarten. Or all the other Spanish/French/German Immersion preschools, programs and whatnot around here. Jessica Alba is just doing what a lot of parents want for their children-- a chance for their children to learn about another culture, speak a different language, and therefore hopefully become more worldly in the bargain and not xenophobic like a lot of you commentators are proud to be. And Latinos, an ethnic group made up of whites, blacks, and native americans, shouldn't pick on her because she's not bilingual. She's an American, and assimilate or die is the norm here.

I agree not speaking Spanish doesn't make you not Latina anymore than an Irishman/Scotsman not speaking Celtic. Are African Americans supposed to trace their roots back to their countries of origin and begin speaking the various languages of Africa? Do we criticize them for speaking proper English instead of "ebonics" or "jive" talk.

I think being bilingual is important. I am white and I would have liked to have picked up Spanish early on.

Maybe I should take up Cherokee since I have an 8th part of that in me. People get over it and let others be their own individual.

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A tutor? For a 19-month old? Sounds like 'Your Baby Can Read'. It's misdirected at best. Insane at worst. You want to see a smart baby, look at this short video of a 4-month old 'learning' which then cuts to the same boy at 2-years old doing a 30-piece puzzle! It's not the puzzle, but the fact that this child wasn't raised on videos or tutored or trained like a monkey. Rather his mind was allowed to develop naturally w/out adult interference. You can see it here on Janet Lansbury's post Http://bit.ly/axk3SH