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• Position: MEDIA - Commercial featuring different group of people singing 'America the Beautiful' in English and seven other languages - Brief article

Coca-Cola's Super Bow1 commercial last month featuring a diverse group of people singing "America the Beautiful" in English and seven other languages sparked a firestorm on social media. Comments included "Speak English or go home" and "One simply does NOT sing America the Beautiful in ANY language but English! Get on board or get OUT!" While English is the de facto language of the U.S., 21 percent of Americans--about 61 million people--speak a second language at home.

The movement to make English the nation's official tongue--i.e., the only language in official documents and...