It’s not difficult to know what’s expected of Anglophone Franco-Americans through discourse in our social circles. The criticism for not speaking French fluently as soon as we discover or rediscover our roots keeps coming back around as a cause of death for our culture.
In my experience, I’ve received critical responses online about writing this blog in English. I’ve read online discussions with some proclaiming that we have no heritage or culture left just because we’re English-speaking Franco-Americans in a majority Anglophone country.
Although I’m working on learning French and am beginning to understand simple sentences and lightly converse, I will always be an Anglophone. And I don’t find it conflicting with my Franco-American heritage at all.
