And my Swedish grandfather forbid the speaking of the native language in his house. Assimilation was the goal.
My German Great grandmother made us stand for the National Anthem....in her living room....and only spoke German when she didn’t want us to know what she was saying.
Sounds like Grandpa Joe, he forbid Italian to be spoke. Plainly stated you are an AMERICAN NOW. Speak English. Assimilation was the goal, and he enforced it.
Several of his DIL’s were Polish and had accents, even though they were 2nd gen Americans.
Time congress made English the national language.
Discrimination has been going on since the days of the cave man.