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28. I don't remember it being that obvious in the 1970's.

Fri Jul 14, 2017, 09:22 AM

Jul 2017

While I don't remember exactly what was going on with the hyphenated American designation at the time, I do remember the general surprise at the professor's response. Similarly, I don't remember any American present thinking it odd that the student had "claimed" to be Italian.

What's equally interesting is that, during the same period, when traveling abroad we generally identified as American with no other descriptors. That may have stemmed from a sense of nationality rather than one of heritage.

Nowadays when teaching students born in the US personal identification vocabulary in their non-native language (be it English or French), we teach the hyphenate. Students are more thrown off by the capitalization rules than the formation of the compound!

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Ya think? RT has the story. lapucelle Jul 2017 #2

What he said was pure racism. No need to sugar coat it by blaming someone else. brush Jul 2017 #6

Macron may well have made racist statements. lapucelle Jul 2017 #7

What he said was in the OP I responded to. brush Jul 2017 #9

Part of what he said was in the OP lapucelle Jul 2017 #10

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That's why an analysis of the complete statement lapucelle Jul 2017 #15

Let's get to the point. What's your take on the extraction of trillions by the French? brush Jul 2017 #17

If that's what you think the point is, then you're in the wrong thread. lapucelle Jul 2017 #21

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This thread is a discussion lapucelle Jul 2017 #23

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The plans for a visit by the American president lapucelle Jul 2017 #16

Didn't Britain cancel trump's trip? brush Jul 2017 #18

No. lapucelle Jul 2017 #19

Oh, that's how that was avoided. Still no comment on the extraction of trillions though? brush Jul 2017 #20

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Fascinating! lapucelle Jul 2017 #29

Some people may have thought "mission civilisatrice!" when they saw "civilisationnel" ... dalton99a Jul 2017 #3

You're right. lapucelle Jul 2017 #5

Thanks! lapucelle Jul 2017 #8

Good catch dalton99a Jul 2017 #13

That looks very likely -- building a narrative about Macron. R B Garr Jul 2017 #31

Building a narrative that will inflame lapucelle Jul 2017 #32

Yes, it sure does. And when you look at the internet twitter R B Garr Jul 2017 #34

Interesting. I learned something. pangaia Jul 2017 #4

No one here should be surprised that racism against POC is STILL rampant among Euro nations. nikibatts Jul 2017 #24

In many respects, it's getting worse. lapucelle Jul 2017 #25

Geez, of course he was bewildered. She isn't Italian, she's an American of Italian heritage. SharonClark Jul 2017 #26

I don't remember it being that obvious in the 1970's. lapucelle Jul 2017 #28

It's getting worse here in the US, too. BannonsLiver Jul 2017 #33

I think that lurker racists lapucelle Jul 2017 #35