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A 3 page paper which uses
“How Many Frenchmen Does it Take...” by C. Stewart Doty to discuss how the
Franco-Americans are treated regarding speech. The paper compares Doty’s presentation
to realities experienced by the Spanish speakers in America. No additional sources cited.
Page Count:
3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAfrnmen.rtf
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French. Doty states, "the term frog used as an ethnic slur" (86). This is clearly a condition that exists for all ethnic groups, even the predominant white American. In relationship
to Latinos there are many names which are considered to be ethnic slurs. For example, there is "spic" or "wet-back" which indicates that the person is from across the Mexican
border and not an American citizen at all. Another interesting fact that Doty notes concerns the numbers of immigrants of the French into the United States. Doty states that,
"Between the Civil War and 1900...these Franco-Americans were joined by 500,000 more French Canadians who settled almost exclusively in the textile and paper-making cities of the Northeast. They constituted the
first major non-English-speaking immigrant group in that region" (87). Clearly the white population was threatened and we note that the "Native Yankees responded to those large numbers with prejudice and
discrimination" (Doty 87). This brings into mind the large numbers of Hispanic immigrants to parts of the United States throughout the decades. There was not necessarily one large migration, as
seen in the case of the French Canadians, but there has been such a steady flow that the numbers, in combination with second and third generation Hispanics, have grown to
such a degree in states like California, Texas, and Florida that the people angered, frustrated, feeling threatened, and thus engage in acts of discrimination and prejudice. Interestingly enough, we also
note that, like the French Canadians, the Hispanics have generally entered into one particular field of work, that being agriculture. The third similarity involves Dotys next statement: "Following one
of his promotions, a resentful co-worker placed on his desk a ceramic frog with a crown....After he objected to smoking by others in his work place, co-workers responded by harassing
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