Andrew Cuomo Thinks 180 Languages Spoken In Public Schools 'Makes Us Stronger'

Posted • June 11, 2025: Back on March 1, President Donald Trump signed an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States. "A nationally designated language is at the core of a unified and cohesive society, and the United States is strengthened by a citizenry that can freely exchange ideas in one shared language," he wrote. New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo was at a campaign event that called for him to wear a turban, and he told the crowd that the 180 languages spoken in the city's public schools "makes us stronger." We've heard differently from cities like Springfield, Ohio, where 20,000 Haitian immigrants were dumped on a city of only 60,000. Teachers complained that classrooms were overcrowded with migrants and interpreters had to be found. —— Cuomo: "180 languages spoken in our public schools. That's a strength, not weakness." —— How does that make the school system stronger? More diverse, maybe, but stronger?

It’s not strength. It’s fragmentation. A nation divided by language cannot unite in purpose. Shared culture, not chaos, is what makes a country strong. You don’t build unity by erasing common ground. I was just saying at work the other day, "our problem is that we all speak the same language. If we all spoke a different language, and couldn't understand each other, we would be much stronger." The cost of accommodating those languages, especially when there are relatively small numbers of speakers is astronomical and extremely poor value. It’s a strength that our teachers can’t communicate to their students? (…)

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