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I don't think I made my point very clearly, then. I don't just mean that there have always been immigrants who don't speak English. I mean the situation with German was exactly the same as it is now with Spanish and Hispanic immigrants. There was violent backlash against them, laws were passed banning education in 9 million people's first language, they published newspapers in German, signs in some areas were in both English and German, the same thing that is happening now. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=592 http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/KADE/adams/chap7.htmlOriginally Posted by RubSluts'Mommy
Okay, yes... I generalized, which is bad for debating... not everyone back then... but thinking of percentages, a very large number of them back then did learn some English. There are always exceptions. It's just nowadays it seems there's more 'entitlement' going on... which I take issue with...