My great grandfather was from Sweden. Half my grandfather’s siblings were born there the other half in the US. If anyone spoke Swedish in the house they would be severely disciplined, you needed to learn English to succeed and prosper. My grandfather didn’t speak a word of the language only English. Today with foreign language media and the internet not to mention governments who bend over backwards to accommodate a myriad of languages, people don’t need to assimilate.
My great grandfather was from Sweden. Half my grandfather’s siblings were born there the other half in the US. If anyone spoke Swedish in the house they would be severely disciplined, you needed to learn English to succeed and prosper. My grandfather didn’t speak a word of the language only English. Today with foreign language media and the internet not to mention governments who bend over backwards to accommodate a myriad of languages, people don’t need to assimilate.