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It’s not about forcing Mandarin being bad, it’s about prohibiting non-Mandarin being bad. US equivalent to this would be forcing English (which we do) while ja
by floatingatoll 7y ago
It’s not about forcing Mandarin being bad, it’s about prohibiting non-Mandarin being bad.
US equivalent to this would be forcing English (which we do) while jailing anyone who teaches Creole (which we don’t).
- yorwba 7y agoNo one is going to get jailed for teaching Cantonese in China. There are plenty of commercial offerings, e.g. this free introductory course I found: https://www.wanmen.org/courses/586d23485f07127674135d64 https://www.wanmen.org/courses/586d23485f07127674135d64 Mandarin being the primary language of education doesn't mean that Cantonese is prohibited; it's just not mandatory, so most native Cantonese speakers aren't going to get a formal education in it unless they specifically seek it out.
- floatingatoll 7y agoThank you for the correction; it’s too late to edit but I would if I could :(
- rwbhn 7y agoFor the US equivalent, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_boarding_schools https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_boarding_sch...
- stereo 7y agoFor the Soviet equivalent, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes