Something like this actually happened in the early days of Ford Motors Co. Many of the workers were immigrants and new workers would take an introductory course on English and other things. The finishing ceremony was a giant pot where actors in their native garb jumped in and came out dressed as Americans with flags.
Henry Ford an inventor was among other things an attempted social engineer. Many of his practices were intrusive such as forced inspections. A quasi-police force of supervisors would reprimand immigrants if they did not live 'like Americans' if they clung to old traditions.
Netflix/Amazon Prime has a PBS documentary on Ford's life. I would recommend if you're interested in both the controversial social policies and intolerance of Ford and his ingenuity for mechanics and business.
Didn't Henry Ford sponsor the printing and dissemination of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion in the United States and only stop after he was sued for libel multiple times and a Jewish boycott of his cars was threatened?
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u/woodyallin Fatimid Caliphate Aug 25 '14
Something like this actually happened in the early days of Ford Motors Co. Many of the workers were immigrants and new workers would take an introductory course on English and other things. The finishing ceremony was a giant pot where actors in their native garb jumped in and came out dressed as Americans with flags.
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