{"id":7057,"date":"2017-07-18T21:39:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T04:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7057"},"modified":"2020-07-07T03:10:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T03:10:18","slug":"bilingual-warning-sign-speaks-to-highly-diverse-stapleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7057","title":{"rendered":"Bilingual Warning Sign Speaks to Highly Diverse Stapleton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Crime warning signs<\/a> are not new to Stapleton, but the highly diverse neighborhood has had challenges with the linguistics on previous signs. \u201cNot everyone who lives in Stapleton speaks fluent English,\u201d said resident and activist Kyle Weber. \u201cSo, when the city has posted these warning signs<\/a>, at least 20% of our population is unable to understand what they are saying.\u201d Stapleton resident Marcos Hernandez told the Stapletonion through a translator that, \u201cseeing the signs is very frustrating. I can read some English, but I can never read the signs quickly enough. The large Spanish speaking community in Stapleton deserves to have the same urgent information as the English speaking population.\u201d Emilio Garcia agrees (also through a translator). \u201cThe information they are sending out should be for everyone,\u201d says Garcia. \u201cNot just English speaking or Spanish speaking residents, but all of us. We are one community. One big, incredibly diverse, beautiful community.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s too early to tell if adding Spanish will help reduce petty theft in Stapleton, but residents feel more comfortable knowing everyone is being included. \u201cI always thought that was an issue,\u201d said resident Troy Ford. \u201cBut, not a Spanish speaking person myself, I wasn\u2019t sure how to ask any of my Hispanic neighbors if they were able to read the signs. Glad this is at least partially resolved.\u201d Residents are now wondering if the addition of Spanish is enough. \u201cI am a little concerned for our large African-American community,\u201d said Weber. \u201cShould we add Ebonics to the translation? That\u2019s something that we will have to discuss with the 35% of our residents who are African American.\u201d Overall, Kyle is pleased that the city and community have made an effort to better include the non-English speaking residents in Stapleton. \u201cIt\u2019s great that our efforts were able to help all of our Spanish speaking neighbors and let them know they are just as entitled to neighborhood information as anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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