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Many 1st generation and 2nd generation American born citizens of Italy, Ireland and Germany were not taught to speak in their native tongue.
Irish immigrants and their children are taught their native tongue when they come to America. In fact probably at the same rate as British, Australian, and anglophone Canadian immigrants.
"Many of the older people in the area speak Dutch because of those experiences where they were forced to speak Dutch. Leonard Maas of Holland [Michigan] is the son of Dutch immigrants and learned Dutch before he spoke English. He could not communicate with his classmates at first."
But not too many people will say that having ancestors who spoke Dutch was a sign of refusing to assimilate.
Irish immigrants and their children are taught their native tongue when they come to America. In fact probably at the same rate as British, Australian, and anglophone Canadian immigrants.
I had to cross the Dominican parade and, as with many, the sound was blasting so loud you could hear it over a block away. Then there's the usual irritation of police making it even more difficult to cross than it needs to be, even after the parade is over.
On top of that, I'm irritated by the whole idea. I'm not in any way anti-immigrant, and I love the diversity of NYC. Like probably just about everyone else here, I'm descended from immigrants, and not so very long ago. But when my family arrived, they dove into America and never looked back. One set of grandparents belonged to a club for their original nationality, where, as far as I can tell, they mostly met to sit around and play cards, but they never would have felt it necessary to prance around in public. It certainly would never have occurred to my grandparents to wrap themselves with the flag of their past country - literally, as I saw some Dominicans doing. It seems to me that once you decide to move here, you commit to the melting pot concept, and you MELT.
But, getting back to the sound, I would love to be in charge of the parades. I'd ban any broadcast recorded sound (i.e. radio), and I'd have a strict decibel limit. Anyone above the decibel limit would have their sound equipment confiscated on the spot. Actually, I wish we'd have more political parades (like supporting civil liberties) instead of national parades, and that would help solve the problem.
I was wondering - I gather that parades have to pay a fee to the city, right? But does the city actually make a profit, or does it just go to pay the superfluity of cops who stand around telling me how far I have to go out of my way to cross the street?
You are just a racist. I'm going to report this thread.
Get out of New York City and go to Charlottesville if you want racial homogeneity because Dominicans aren't going anywhere. Bye
But i bet he/she doesn't mind the food, music, etc of X country along with the sugarwalls or dongs....
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