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It's very much western lense. It's what would a foreigner know in this part of Asia
by influxmoment 4y ago
It's very much western lense. It's what would a foreigner know in this part of Asia
- horsawlarway 4y agoYes, and for much of the US it's also "What would a foreigner know in this part of the US". Ex: Atlanta is "Martin Luther King Jr". It's a great pick if you're going for "internationally recognized". But it's not a great pick for "famous" (at least in my opinion). Just off the top of my head, more valid alternatives might have been: - Kanye West - Spike Lee - Jeff Foxworthy - Pat Conroy - Julia Roberts
- TigeriusKirk 4y agoKanye West does show up for Atlanta if you pick the culture filter. And Julia Roberts wasn't born in Atlanta; she shows up in the Atlanta suburb of Smyrna, where she was born. Besides that, though, MLK is certainly more famous than anyone you listed. Not even close.
- horsawlarway 4y agoAren't you agreeing with me here? You're saying that we should be defining famous as "known far and wide" - which is fine, but that makes "what would a foreigner recognize" a great fit for the pick. I'm rebutting the idea that this is limited to non-western countries - It's not. If you want a pick who people from a location would identify with more as a local... this data isn't that: every person on my list is in my news much more often than MLK jr.
- Cd00d 4y agoLet me know when I can celebrate the federal holiday Jeff Foxworthy day and go down to my locality's Kanye West Boulevard
- whimsicalism 4y agoI agree with what you are saying but you might have picked the single worst example for your point I could imagine. MLK less famous than Spike Lee? C'mon.
- influxmoment 4y agoYou can tell Asian history isn't that well documented in English. The Western stuff is much more balanced