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We can see here more politics, as rejecting the interpretation of cultural elements as political is itself a political act of reinforcing the unexamined status
by crooked-v 7y ago
We can see here more politics, as rejecting the interpretation of cultural elements as political is itself a political act of reinforcing the unexamined status quo.
Or, to reverse the situation: consider how you'd feel about things if you came into a workplace where everyone was telling jokes that only make sense if you know Chinese culture, and then if you mentioned that you felt left out, told you to stop complaining because you were only trying to 'sow discord'.
- mrknowitall 7y agoAnd they I told you to go ahead and expand your horizons by learning about Chinese culture so that you wouldn't feel "left out". Are you seriously arguing this or are you trolling?
- crooked-v 7y ago> And they I told you to go ahead and expand your horizons by learning about Chinese culture so that you wouldn't feel "left out". No, you defaulted to responding to the very idea of a possible cultural clash as something "absurd" and "trying to sow discord". Again, more politics: that kind of response is regularly witnessed in status-quo-reinforcing political actions.