I was very pleasantly surprised when I found many Spanish-speaking WASP-looking Americans while visiting Cancún. Even though Spanish in the United States is still a minority language, it seems that at least for some people outside of the original native speakers it has become important to learn it.
Before the Spanish-language skills of Americans used to be a joke amongst Mexicans, now I'm not so sure.
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