Word: citizenship
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...explained by the commission, the French Canadian complaints are those of second-class citizenship. French Canadians feel that their countrymen pay nothing more than lip service to the idea of biculturalism. French is a foreign language in two-thirds of the country; road signs and transportation schedules are in English only; the federal government in Ottawa operates mainly in English. English Canadians hold the best civil service jobs. In Quebec itself, English-speaking outsiders control the major corporations. For a long time, noted the commission, "French-speaking Quebec acted as though it had accepted the idea of merely being...
...under attack is fairly good evidence that it is seeking to fulfill the role it ought to play in American society." The council proposes, in any case, to amplify the role. The General Board last week gave its approval to a number of new programs, including a pilot citizenship education project in Cleveland aimed at helping Negroes gain political power...
According to the 1950 census, only one-half of one percent of the total African population had achieved the "civilized" status of an "assimilado," an African enjoying full priviledges of citizenship. The other 99.5 percent are classified as "indigenous." They have virtually no civil rights under Portuguese law, and are required to do forced labor on the roads and plantations of the colony...
...French Ponti, however, does not automatically cease being Italian. As it happens, Italy recognizes dual citizenship; some Italians (such as ex-soldiers) can never renounce their citizenship. If Italian courts fail to agree that Ponti has become a 100% Frenchman, marriage to Sophia may bring up the bigamy charge once more. Moreover, if he divorces his first wife in France, she will still be his legal wife in Italy...
...Ponti's acquisition of French citizenship has churned up a real fear that many others will soon follow him abroad. "Just imagine what would happen," asked one member of Parliament, "if all the 'irregulars' in the arts should follow Ponti's example!" It is an interesting thought, but in the face of church opposition, few Italian politicians of any party are anxious to fight out the issue. As Rome Lawyer Ercole Graziadei wryly puts it: "The day will come when England will adopt the metric system and China will use the Latin alphabet. But Italy will...