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Millions of Chinese learn English in school from a very early age to have access to the global labor market. You have a huge unrecognized privilege in being a
by drivebyhooting 2y ago
Millions of Chinese learn English in school from a very early age to have access to the global labor market.
You have a huge unrecognized privilege in being a native English speaker.
- pcthrowaway 2y agoNot sure why you're making this personal. I do of course realize the privilege in speaking English as a first language, being born in a developed nation, as a white cis-man, and so on. To cling to the idea that English need continue to be the most important global economic language though, is a type of linguistic and economic supremacy I don't care to partake in.
- drivebyhooting 2y agoIf you were playing a strategy game you would definitely value your country’s language remaining the língua franca. The same logic applies in the real world. It’s not personal. It’s the most impersonal thing possible.