Is civic nationalism compatible with ethnic segregation? I say yes And it's not necessarily a shocking concept for hispanics btw, they don't want to live with niggers If I were american I would learn spanish, start by present tense form, being able to say pretty much anything in spanish with the present tense From there you only need time markers, such as "yesterday" or "tomorrow" to indicate future or past if need be. Example: Yesterday, I go to the supermarket, I buy a beer and guess who sells computers over there? Pablo Tomorrow, I wake up and I go buy your stuffs. And then I call you Etc See how that works? Same deal in spanish, you only have to learn present ultimately. For a start that's good enough for being fully operational in LATAM, on your own. You have portuguese also but that's pretty much brazil only Why does it matter to be able to speak spanish? Because the moment they see a gringo capable to speak spanish, they look at you differently, you're not the average gringo idiot