Franco-Americans in Vermont : A Civil Rights Perspective

Franco-Americans in Vermont : A Civil Rights Perspective

From the members of the Vermont Advisory Committee: "The report presents an historic overview of the French-Canadian presence in Vermont over the past 300 years, a discussion of the size of the State's Franco-American population, and the different definitions and techniques used in identifying Franco-Americans. In the chapter on Status, data are presented which demonstrate statistical disparities between Franco-Americans and the Anglo population in education and employment. Societal attitudes reflected in scholarly works and in fiction are surveyed as well. Franco-Americans have been the victims of anti-Catholic, anti-foreign sentiment in the past, and of negative stereotyping in much of the 20th century. To determine whether these attitudes result in actions (discrimination), which in turn result in the observed disparities, is a formidable process, requiring additional historical research and analyses of educational and employment practices. Through this report, the advisory committee hopes to identify directions for future study."

Vermont Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights

1983

Bright, Louvenia D.

Ducharme, Edward R.

Germain, Andre G.

Haines, Marcia

Hoff, Philip H.

Huse, Laurie B.

Kemsley, William G.

Neely, Noel A.

Webb, Susan H.

Webster, Joan B.

Woolfson, A. Peter

English

Book

1650-1983, Vermont

No

53

Washington, D.C

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

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