• whatfuvk@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    not that I doubt that she is dumb, but using her foreign language ability as a measure of intelligence is definitely racist

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      It has nothing to do with language. She’s just dumb like that and I wouldn’t be surprised she can’t speak decent Slovenian either. You can just feel the vapidness radiate from her.

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      It’s not racist. She’s not just your average immigrant working daily to feed her family after fleeing their country so they don’t get killed.

      The first lady of America should be able to speak English.

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      Absolutely not, Melania came to New York in 1996, Meaning she has been living in USA for 30 years, and since she was 26.
      She has also had access to teachers if she wanted them. Also I bet as a model going to USA, she worked in an international environment, where English is frequently spoken.

      It’s a disgrace she doesn’t speak better English. It’s not just because she has bad linguistic skills, it’s also because she hasn’t cared much to improve her English for 30 years.

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      using her foreign language ability as a measure of intelligence is definitely racist

      US immigration and eugenicists concluded Italian immigrants were stupid in the 1920s because of English IQ tests.