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First paragraph, I agree. This however, not: > I would argue that belittling cultural preservation demonstrates deep Anglo-centric bias. Counter point: I’m Ge
by WA 4y ago
First paragraph, I agree. This however, not:
> I would argue that belittling cultural preservation demonstrates deep Anglo-centric bias.
Counter point: I’m German. We currently have a lot of discussions about gender-fication of the German language. This has nothing to do with an Anglo-centric bias and still, we have exactly the same talking points.
On the one hand, it’s preserving language how it is spoken and written for the last 100 years, on the other hand, it’s about the biases in the language and how to overcome them.
- peoplefromibiza 4y ago> how it is spoken and written for the last 100 years make it more like 1 thousand years. The point is culture and language evolve naturally and organically, so the language is not biased, people are. Discussing on how to remove biased from a language is the same think as to say "someone wants to put their biases in". It's true that it is happening, in the richest western countries only though, it is also true that it is because the Anglo-centric bias is predominant in the west when it's about social networks and influence on younger generations. In China kids are restricted from using social networks and consequentially are not exposed to "content creators" that are just trying to ride the indignation wave to profit. it is also a well know fact that Chinese kids test scores on average are much better than the average western kids ones. this is another bias we are importing from Anglo-centric World, that we aren't discussing enough. https://www.statista.com/chart/28802/childhood-aspirations-in-china-us-uk/ https://www.statista.com/chart/28802/childhood-aspirations-i...