A Communicative Divide
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nearly 1-in-5 people, or 47 million U.S. residents age 5 and older, speak a language other than English at home. Youth Voices reporter Marjorie's family is from Uganda and speaks a language named Rukiga. Marjorie explored what it's like to not fluently speak her parents native language. Although she has learned some the culture of her native Uganda, what's a kid to do when she needs a translator to talk to her own grandmother?