A review by triciareader2
You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity by Robert Lane Greene

Wonderful romp through the question of language(s), superiority and politics. Greene responds to fear-mongers who insist that we are being over-run by Spanish by noting the historical record; far more people spoke German, and there were far more German publications (pre-television) - pre-WWII, than there are Hispanics now. Like most other ethnic groups, while the first generation may only speak Spanish, by the second children speak English away from home, and in the third generation no-one speaks Spanish. It will be interesting to see if he is correct, but only time will tell. If only educators could be convinced that children who are multi-lingual are smarter, and encourage early adoption of multiple languages.