Also in Bollywood remember Paradesi ? They always show Indians born in the west as bad or coconuts . <| sep |> The real question is why does it matter if you have to push 1 for English ? Why do people care ? Is it that burdensome to do so ? Should it be ignored that a sizable population of this country speaks Spanish ? The reality is that many immigrants do learn English . OVER TIME . I work in a school where there are lots of ESOL students . They can ' t speak English yet and their parents certainly can ' t so I don ' t see why it ' s so bad to be accommodating and helpful during the process . The rhetoric against having to press 1 for English is about as pathetic , apathetic , lazy , and intolerable as it gets . <| sep |> Mark Holcomb of Periphery explains this pretty well during a clinic he did . I think you ' ll find this rather helpful