Got Promoted, Now I’m Being Replaced Because I Don’t Speak Spanish
This is the situation….I have been working for the school district for 3 years I applied for a higher position and got it. In the job requirements it did not say you had to be able to speak spanish. Then before I knew it I am getting replaced with someone who has only worked here for 4 weeks but she speaks spanish. Now I am having to train her for the position I have or had, and she tells me the Principal told her one of her major concern with me is not being able to communicate with a few of the kids I work with. The people who fund the program said them could send me a staff member who can speak spanish, and it would be no problem. But she would rather hire this new person who only has 4 weeks experience in stead of the 3 years I have. Is this right?
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6 Responses to Got Promoted, Now I’m Being Replaced Because I Don’t Speak Spanish
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If you are in a predominantly English-speaking district, you should not be forced to learn Spanish just for the sake of a few kids who can’t speak English.
This being said, if you’re in a predominantly Spanish-speaking district (and I mean someone outside the US – English is our language here, and whether you live in a "Spanish-speaking community" or not, it’s them that should learn English, not the other way around) then you should learn the language that everyone else speaks.
This is certainly discrimination and I suggest you tell someone about it.
If you have anything in writing that you had been given the job, and any other evidence like the job discription that did not mention Spanish, and then sue them and move on!!
I bet you’re in Southern California. IF it’s a public school, it is discrimination. By replaced do you mean they’re FIRING you and replacing you, or demoting you to another job but you still work there?
If they’re firing you, I smell a lawsuit…
GOSH I hate it when that happens. THEY NEED TO LEARN ENGLISH! THATS WHAT THEYRE IN SCHOOL FOR!!! And if we keep talking to them in spanish how the hell r they gonna learn? Hypocrites! Sue the district. Sue them.
I’d get a lawyer and sue for discrimination if I were you. It cuts both ways. You said the job listing did not list being able to speak Spanish as one of the requirements, so yes, you are technically being discriminated against. Besides, this is the United States — those among us of Hispanic descent need to learn to speak OUR language…
It definitely sounds like it to me. Especially if they could keep your job and call in that staff member. If you have the job requirements, I’d keep them. In your case, I would give the EEOC ( Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) a call and see what they have to say about it. Letting you go for any reason related to culture, language, sexuality, etc. is simply discrimination.