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I Would Like to Talk (Civilly) About the Generalization of "White People"
(09-29-2016, 12:22 PM)RICHMONDBENGAL_07 Wrote: My grandmother was off the boat German, but you would've never known it.  Though she could speak both German and English, she had no accent.  In fact growing up I didn't even really think of it, she was just grandma.   Then one day a distant relative from Germany visited and I heard Grandma talking to her German and I was like "holy shit Grandma can speak German?!?!"   Neither her or my great aunt Ruth speak it today (Grandma is dead and I don't see Aunt but about once a year) both married American men.  They're both of the WWII generation and both were somewhat ashamed to be German and wanted to prove they were real Americans.

My father and I both wish though that she would have passed down the language.  They just never spoke it.

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RE: I Would Like to Talk (Civilly) About the Generalization of "White People" - bfine32 - 09-29-2016, 01:28 PM

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