I'm a basic white guy and where I come from, knowing/learning a second language (i.e., NOT English) isn't looked down upon per se, but approached with the stereotypical 'Murrikan attitude of "LOL, but the whole world speaks English."
Second language education here is mediocre at best (especially secondary, though recent efforts have been made to introduce youths to other languages while still in Elementary/Primary school), which really is a shame when I've known people from Europe that learned not only their Mother Tongue, but English, and 2 or 3 others to boot (hi Switzerland).
As for me, I took Spanish starting in 8th grade and stuck with it until my junior year of high school (against my parents' wishes lol) and while I've forgotten a lot, I still find it incredibly useful on a daily basis.
Beyond Spanish, I've dabbled in a ton of other languages: French (strongest next to Spanish), Italian, Korean (안녕하십니까?), Chinese (rudimentary), German, Russian, and have recently been trying to re-learn Hiragana/Katakana along with the Arabic script. My boss is from Rajastan, India, so Hindi and Gujarati are on my to-do list (Gujarati resources are really difficult to find so if anyone has some tips hmu please). I'd also like to try Romanian at some point (because how can you not love a Romance language with Slavic influence?), along with Icelandic, Norwegian, Dutch, Basque, and on and on and on.....
#POLYGLOTSUNITE?