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Thread inspired by @fordirelifesake
As a resident of Quebec who had to study their history for years, I can refute the claims that the anglophone population of Quebec have been oppressed through history.
In the beginning of the 20th century, there was already a clear distinction between the francophone working class and the anglophone owners of the capital. Linguistically, the francophone population had to make a lot more concessions than the English speaking population of Quebec and it's still felt today.
After both world wars, the french speaking population of Quebec went through an identitary metamorphosis not as the n*****s of Canada but as French speaking Quebeckers in a country that can't be bothered to integrate their language into their culture like the french speaking population have done for English. In fact there's a great French Quebecker poem named "Speak White" ( https://dormirajamais.org/speak-white/ )
that expresses this frustration of the French speaking population to be able to fully express themselves in their language.
So no, the anglophones have never been the linguistically oppressed through the history of North America, there has been laws to preserve and maintain the integrity of the French language in Quebec but it's in their right to do so after the cultural assimilation they've had to go through for 2 centuries. Hope I got my point across with this thread. And yes I am biased as a French speaker who has spent most of his life in Quebec.
As a resident of Quebec who had to study their history for years, I can refute the claims that the anglophone population of Quebec have been oppressed through history.
In the beginning of the 20th century, there was already a clear distinction between the francophone working class and the anglophone owners of the capital. Linguistically, the francophone population had to make a lot more concessions than the English speaking population of Quebec and it's still felt today.
After both world wars, the french speaking population of Quebec went through an identitary metamorphosis not as the n*****s of Canada but as French speaking Quebeckers in a country that can't be bothered to integrate their language into their culture like the french speaking population have done for English. In fact there's a great French Quebecker poem named "Speak White" ( https://dormirajamais.org/speak-white/ )
that expresses this frustration of the French speaking population to be able to fully express themselves in their language.
So no, the anglophones have never been the linguistically oppressed through the history of North America, there has been laws to preserve and maintain the integrity of the French language in Quebec but it's in their right to do so after the cultural assimilation they've had to go through for 2 centuries. Hope I got my point across with this thread. And yes I am biased as a French speaker who has spent most of his life in Quebec.
