Recently read "The Three-Body Problem" by Cixin Liu, a Chinese Sci Fi writer. Made me wonder how much else I've been missing.https://twitter.com/MadelineMcDavid/status/837045978570031104 …
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There's so much privilege in that question, in the expectation of an opinion, that he cares, bc Trump impacts life in Singapore too.
And thanks so much for recommending an Asian book. There is so much systemic exclusion/marginalization of non-Western languages.Yes, and impoverishment as well. American doesn't even know the questions to ask to elicit something outside his experience
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There's even a racist bent to the things I do know, which are great street food, no freedom of speech & that gum-chewing is a crime.
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Watching a guy from Singapore play video games a know a couple more things. "Our black people are Indians" for instance.
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These things are true, but if we're limited to that, all we get is a small collection of stereotypes.
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