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Originally Posted by Youenn
Of course the situation are obviously different. England has been violent with Ireland but that makes a strong people - against English, not against African migrants since there are an african mayor - and she never try to englishized nationally Irish people.
The french colonisation has been more insidious, no violences and strong assimilationism since the french revolution.
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In fact, Irish people has been anglicized (what language do they speak now ?) and colonized. And English wanted them to be, not English, but British.
We have really nothing to envy them on that point (except that they are now independant).