[Foundation-l] English language dominationism is striking again

Mark Williamson node.ue at gmail.com
Tue Jun 22 21:26:40 UTC 2010


>> If we consider
>> that current English native speakers mostly already have internet and those
>> without internet are likelier than not to be non-English speakers I would
>> be
>> careful to advocate the unilateral use of English.
>
>
> As would I, though I don't think you mean what you said.

Why not? To me, it means that we're widening the digital divide by
making it so that people who don't have the internet would have little
use for it anyways if it's all written in a language they don't
understand.

m.




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