Friday, July 14, 2006

the debate

I don't understand why predominantly english-speaking people will always think they have an edge over predominantly chinese-speaking ones when their levels of intellect could be exactly the same, if not more for the chinese-speaking people. It's a stereotype fed into the minds of the snobbish that because their language is recognised more internationally, the ideas they generate are generally better, or the things they talk about are more intellectually stimulating. It's a myth. I've seen dumb english-speaking people, and equally intelligent chinese-speaking ones. The bias has to stop. Starting from me.