We, the American Coptic Community of Tennessee, approximately more than 30,000 persons of egyptian ancestry of Arabic speakers, 25,000 alone in the Nashville area and Middle Tennessee, respectfully petition to you to enact a law or to propose a resolution that the State of Tennessee offers the driver's license written examination in Arabic.
Currently, the Tennessee Driver Service Centers only offer the written driver license examination in English, Spanish, Korean, and Japanese. With that said, it prohibits new Arabic speaker immigrants from their simple right to have a driver’s license needed to earn an honest living and to support their families.
As Tennesseans, we have a right to equal treatment. Tennessee’s constitution guarantee equal treatment under the law in two different clauses. The first is found in Article I, Section 8. The second is found in Article XI, Section 8.
The American Coptic Community of Tennessee has been making a vital contribution to Tennessee’s economy and to the community.
Additionally, Arabic is the fourth most spoken language in Tennessee according to the Migration Policy Institute, ahead of both Korean and Japanese.
We urge you to support our petition for equal treatment to offer the driver's license examination in Arabic same as the examinations that are being offered in other languages such as Spanish, Korean, and Japanese.
We appreciate all that you do for our state, and look forward for your support for a resolution to this matter for the welfare of Tennesseans. Thank you for hearing us.
Updates
August 5, 2018
im still busy working on getting meetings with the folks at the state house about this and its been a slow process so far. just wanted to say thanks for sticking with me while we push to get these tests translated.
August 5, 2018
seeing this level of support lately is wild because it shows how many people agree that language shouldnt be a barrier to working. i honestly cant believe how fast this is moving and i appreciate everyone who jumped on board to back us up.
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PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO MANY PEOPLE IN NASHVILLE SPEAK ARABIC AND WE DESERVE THE SAME CHANCE AS EVERYONE ELSE.
Please help the new Immigrant to start their life right by giving them the chance to get their test by their first language as Arabic, all of know more than 80%of them don’t speak English well when they come new,please give them that simple right Special the community is growing every single day. Thank you
We demand an Arabic permit test due to the huge amount of Arabic speaking people in the U.S. We are not different than any other races that the government supports and helps by providing signs, paper work, and other services in other languages.
I strongly support this petition and I hope that our government takes an action and satisfies its people’s needs.
It must be oprinaty for DL. Test in Arabic , that will help and solve a lot of the family's needs.
we deserve to have it in Tennessee
I agree
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We, the American Coptic Community of Tennessee, approximately more than 30,000 persons of egyptian ancestry of Arabic speakers, 25,000 alone in the Nashville area and Middle Tennessee, respectfully petition to you to enact a law or to propose a resolution that the State of Tennessee offers the driver's license written examination in Arabic.
Currently, the Tennessee Driver Service Centers only offer the written driver license examination in English, Spanish, Korean, and Japanese. With that said, it prohibits new Arabic speaker immigrants from their simple right to have a driver’s license needed to earn an honest living and to support their families.
As Tennesseans, we have a right to equal treatment. Tennessee’s constitution guarantee equal treatment under the law in two different clauses. The first is found in Article I, Section 8. The second is found in Article XI, Section 8.
The American Coptic Community of Tennessee has been making a vital contribution to Tennessee’s economy and to the community.
Additionally, Arabic is the fourth most spoken language in Tennessee according to the Migration Policy Institute, ahead of both Korean and Japanese.
We urge you to support our petition for equal treatment to offer the driver's license examination in Arabic same as the examinations that are being offered in other languages such as Spanish, Korean, and Japanese.
We appreciate all that you do for our state, and look forward for your support for a resolution to this matter for the welfare of Tennesseans. Thank you for hearing us.
Updates
August 5, 2018
im still busy working on getting meetings with the folks at the state house about this and its been a slow process so far. just wanted to say thanks for sticking with me while we push to get these tests translated.
August 5, 2018
seeing this level of support lately is wild because it shows how many people agree that language shouldnt be a barrier to working. i honestly cant believe how fast this is moving and i appreciate everyone who jumped on board to back us up.
32 Comments
It is only fair that we get the test in Arabic like the other languages. My family needs to get to work and grocery store and this is a big struggle for us right now.
PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO MANY PEOPLE IN NASHVILLE SPEAK ARABIC AND WE DESERVE THE SAME CHANCE AS EVERYONE ELSE.
Please help the new Immigrant to start their life right by giving them the chance to get their test by their first language as Arabic, all of know more than 80%of them don’t speak English well when they come new,please give them that simple right Special the community is growing every single day. Thank you
We demand an Arabic permit test due to the huge amount of Arabic speaking people in the U.S. We are not different than any other races that the government supports and helps by providing signs, paper work, and other services in other languages.
I strongly support this petition and I hope that our government takes an action and satisfies its people’s needs.
It must be oprinaty for DL. Test in Arabic , that will help and solve a lot of the family's needs.
we deserve to have it in Tennessee
I agree
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It is only fair that we get the test in Arabic like the other languages. My family needs to get to work and grocery store and this is a big struggle for us right now.