In the story called, "The Mother Tongue," By Amy Tan, she describes her experience about what the English language is to her.  It seems to me, after reading her point of view, that other minorities might have a struggle in writing and talking the English language.  I didn't realize how tough it would be for others.
In my high school, I had to take a foreign language for credit.  Of course, I picked French, but really why not because Canada is only a couple hours away anyways, and also I have a Canadian Heritage.  Honestly, it was a great deal of struggle to learn a different language.  Getting the right wording, the right verbs, whether or not its feminine or masculine - - really the list goes on and on.  As years past, I stuck with the French.  It came time to take a speaking portion of a state test, that I really needed to pass for the college credit.  I got in the room, and froze.  It seemed like I didn't know a lick of French.  As time passed, I could spit a few words out here and there... really not complete sentences though.  It sounded like I was speaking a different language.  By the third try, I was making the sentences make sense.  The feeling I felt was awkward, shame, and disappointment in myself all throughout the test because I know that I could of done a hell of a better job if it wasn't in French and it was in English.
I know where Tan was coming from when she says that the English language is tough on state tests too.  I know I couldn't take a state written and speaking test again for French.  I can't imagine taking a test like the ACT or SAT and not doing well because of your ethnicity background.  I think that maybe those state tests should look into having different languages in these tests formats so, that people like Tan can actually do well on the writing portion of the test and maybe get placed into a high percentile.