My husbands family came legally from Mexico, a couple of generations ago. Hence I have a Spanish last name.

I find living in Southern CA that people assume that I can not speak English, and send me things in Spanish, due to my surname.

Today we rec'd a mailing in Spanish from Time Warner Cable.

I called the number and told them that I found it very offensive, that they assumed that because I had a Spanish surname that I was not an American citizen.

I told them that since American citizens have to speak English to be a citizen, then to send me details in Spanish, was like they had assumed I was not a citizen.

The women on the help line noted that I live in Southern CA and so was close to the border.

I asked her if they sent all of the people in the northern part of the country who lived close to the French Quebec provence of Canada, all their documents in French because they lived by the border of Canada?

I said if you have a Chinese last name to you send all details in Chinese? If you have an Italian last name do you send all details in Italian?
If you have a Korean last name do you send all details in Korean?
If you have a Japanese last name do you send all details in Japanese?

I said that I found the entire thing discrimination, that because of my last name you just assumed that I was NOT an American citizen because I could not speak English.

I found it insulting.

They said that in the future I should just throw out the mailing. I said I have done that in the past, but that I felt that if I kept doing it, then it meant that I was OK with their practice and I was OK with them doing it.

I am not OK with it and I find it highly offensive.

Anyway, if any of you ever get these mailings, please call and raise hell.

If we are silent and do not complain then they think if is OK.