#my grandparents were québécois and my mom tells me all of the older family wouldn teach her French because they wanted them to be American

[sapphicbear]

Honestly fuck America so much for making people feel like they needed to hide their culture

#my grandparents were québécois and my mom tells me all of the older family wouldn teach her French because they wanted them to be American #to not stand out and all that #what the fuck!!! just so sad thinking that I could have a piece of their culture even if passed down #now only one family member remains who knows québécois and I’m so jealous because that dialect is so important to our family history and l #it’s just dying out of our family #and my father spoke Spanish like… why did you not wanna teach me >_> #I vaguely recall getting taught numbers and colors?? when I was like REALLY REALLY young #feel so cheated thinking about it rn #imagine how powerful I could’ve been.. dial weilding québécois and Mexican Spanish that would’ve been so cool TT #Mr worldwide 😤😤 #txt #all in the name of conforming to a society that wasn’t kind to you for simply existing #:|||| #pain and suffering on planet earth