Speaking of Canadians...

[Wilson Gray]

The Blacks in Canada: A History - Page 476

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Robin W. Winks - 1997 - 546 pages - Preview
"By the early 1960s, as English-speaking Canadians angered those who
spoke French by demanding that they _"talk white" — that is, speak
only English_ ..."

It turns out that my memory of this "talk white" thing in Canada is
correct. I have great faith in my memory, but, of course,

Youneverknow.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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