>>2433336After the Louisiana purchase, French Speakers had to attend English speaking public schools where teachers beat them into submission thus forcing them to assimilate.
(well whoopings at school were common in traditional Americana. I'm only in my mid twenties but even I have memories of kids getting paddled. I got paddled at school. Then it switched to holding ypur hand out and a teacher will spank it with a ruler.Now that tradition has been completely obliterated)
>>2433325 (OP)I would say thats their excuse for being not so cohesive but……..most lynchings happened to Italians (despite black men being the most visible victims) and the Irish had it worse as well. There's mo excuse for the lack of French cohesion