Assimilation may be wrong word-- I'm older and recall mandatory pledge of allegiance every morning; English as a 2nd language classes being mandatory for parents of students in US schools- driving tests issued in English only (yup, that was a thing back then)
This was California in the LA county area- 1970s
We were also allowed to work ahead in school- when we moved to WA me and siblings tested a min of 3 grades above--
I was a SoCal kid with red white and blue running thru my veins-- I had Mexican patriot frens, native patriot frens, black patriot frens and cracker ass white patriot frens-- 1 thing we had I common? USA
Assimilation may be wrong word-- I'm older and recall mandatory pledge of allegiance every morning; English as a 2nd language classes being mandatory for parents of students in US schools- driving tests issued in English only (yup, that was a thing back then) This was California in the LA county area- 1970s We were also allowed to work ahead in school- when we moved to WA me and siblings tested a min of 3 grades above-- I was a SoCal kid with red white and blue running thru my veins-- I had Mexican patriot frens, native patriot frens, black patriot frens and cracker ass white patriot frens-- 1 thing we had I common? USA