tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100309275954918641.post5625440318528417472..comments2024-02-27T12:22:18.162-05:00Comments on French North America: Assimilation Is No Accident: 19th c. Yankee Attitudes Toward Franco-AmericansFrenchNorthAmericahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14386393186614622370noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100309275954918641.post-25098641450034491492015-02-22T15:25:35.508-05:002015-02-22T15:25:35.508-05:00You make a very good point. I would say that by 19...You make a very good point. I would say that by 1940 the damage had been done. The Franco-Americans were no longer perceived as a threat and so the more blunt prejudices and the anti-Franco propaganda was simply unnecessary. Once enough F-A people were convinced that French had little future, and accepted the calumny that their heritage language was "not real French" and hence of little value, there was little motivation to pass it on to their kids. Better to do the "practical" thing and make sure they spoke English well. However, I prefer on other days to see the glass as half-full. The extent of the survival of the French language and Franco-American culture in the region is a miracle to me.FrenchNorthAmericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14386393186614622370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100309275954918641.post-78443563667241162762015-02-22T08:12:13.736-05:002015-02-22T08:12:13.736-05:00Ironically, assimilation increased as New England ...Ironically, assimilation increased as New England became more tolerant of Franco-Americans. The hate-filled books of Madison Grant and Calvin Amaron, perhaps,had led to an "us" vs. "them" world view that disappeared, say, after 1940.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com