Like, say, not teaching them English, when you also said "you need to speak English to get ahead in the US".

The emergence of (taxpayer funded) schools where English is not the primary language, supposedly so the kids can at least get an education even though they don't know English, is the sort of thing I'm talking about when I say "it's no longer true":

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/200...

I loved this comment:

I am a Swiss born, now US Citizen; in my Country of birth I had to learn 3 languages (Italian, German, French) plus latin (this was optional) and English; later I learned Spanish and Portuguese.

My wife is Latin American, we live in Florida, at home we speak spanish, english and a little italian.

When we moved to the US my children did not talk a word in english, but we would never accepted them not to learn the mother tongue of this Country.

I belive that is importat the children keep talking the language of their parents, but they need to perfectly manage first the language of the Country they live in.

Spanish is a very important language and I agree, support and encourage theaching it in every school but this as a second language.

In my personal experience learning a new language or improving one you already manage, not only helps you communicate with others, but opens your cultural horizons and help understanding and tolerance among populations.

Is that comment "nativist"?