"The Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny's performance last Sunday during the Super Bowl halftime show, a display of Hispanic pride and a reaffirmation of the Americas beyond borders and the Monroe Doctrine, has provoked enormous irritation in President Donald Trump and the entire MAGA movement for his use of Spanish and Boricua, the dialect of Puerto Rico. The ultraconservative Fox News network spoke of culture clash and language barriers for not singing in English."
"The idea that a strong state can only have one language began to take hold after the French Revolution and has become an obsession for right-wing groups around the world. From the 18th century onward, and with increasing intensity from the 19th century with the consolidation of some European states, national languages gradually gained prominence, in some cases, such as in France, overwhelmingly. Historian Graham Robb dedicates a chapter of The Discovery of France, an essay on French society and history,"
Bad Bunny performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in Spanish and Boricua, greeting California as "Buenas tardes, California. Mi nombre es Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio." The performance displayed Hispanic pride and a reaffirmation of the Americas beyond borders and the Monroe Doctrine. The use of Spanish and Boricua provoked irritation in President Donald Trump, the MAGA movement, and ultraconservative Fox News, which described a culture clash and language barriers for not singing in English. Until Trump's second presidency, the U.S. did not have English as an official language. Beyond xenophobia, different languages enrich countries rather than weaken them. The notion of a single-state language emerged after the French Revolution and intensified in the 19th century, with national languages gaining prominence and, in some cases such as France, overwhelming others; historian Graham Robb examines languages that disappeared in France due to Abbe Grégoire's post-Revolution efforts.
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