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27 days agoDid you know German was the second most spoken language in the USA until ww1? Victims of opression often opress others.


Did you know German was the second most spoken language in the USA until ww1? Victims of opression often opress others.
Don’t apologise too soon, it’s the basis for their lingual homogeneity, and is a common theme since its inception. For example:
https://daily.jstor.org/when-american-schools-banned-german-classes/
https://hawaiianflair.com/blogs/news/the-history-of-hawaiian-language-suppression-and-revival
And check the history section of the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Languages_Act