I was talking about this with another mom @ my son's baseball practice last night and another mom behind me spoke up talking about all the prejudices she's already seeing because she's French Canadian. People hear the French accent or hear her kids speak in French and they make some really nasty comments.
Just wondering if we have any folks here who are French Canadian - or French for that matter - that are seeing any negativity already? I felt sorry for this family - she says she's thinking of pulling the kids out of school for awhile and doing home study because of all the teasing they've been getting. She's even considering ordering groceries online for delivery because most of the nasty comments have been in the check-out lane when people hear her talk.
And yes - she's stated the obvious - that's she's French Canadian, not French - but then they start harping in on all the Canadians that have recently moved to our valley. It's not as bad as being French - she said - but it just keeps the negative comments flowing in a different way.
02-20-2003
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