1. El Inglés como Herramienta del Colonialismo.
El idioma inglés, ampliamente extendido a nivel global, es visto como un producto y un vehículo del colonialismo, perpetuando desigualdades y la supresión de otras lenguas.
- Everyone on this planet are legacies of colonialism. Our shared understanding of the english language is a legacy of colonialism.
- English is the linguistic product of colonialism, so it's perfect as a language for colonialism.
- English is the whiphandle of colonialism and patriarchy and we will never be free as long as we speak only it.
- The english language has historically been a tool of colonialism, genocide, and expropriation, and personally i'm deeply suspicious of anyone championing 'progressive' causes through the medium of something that has hurt me and my people so deeply.
2. La Pérdida de Lenguas Indígenas y la Imposición Lingüística.
El colonialismo ha provocado la extinción de numerosas lenguas indígenas, al imponerse idiomas coloniales y suprimir las lenguas nativas, lo que conlleva una pérdida cultural irreparable.
- A prime example of colonialism. It’s violated and robbed some of the most beautiful languages worldwide languages. A’ho!
- Agreed, the amount of indigenous languages lost to time due to colonialism is a fucking tragedy.
- I encourage all africans to discard colonialist languages and reclaim their indigenous languages. Removing your indigenous language is a main part of colonialism.
- Sometimes, the languages that they were translated from don’t even exist anymore. They’ve gone extinct. Because of what?! say it with me: colonialism. Think about that. It should make you angry, regardless of what race you are. 4/6.
3. Mentalidades Coloniales Persistentes.
Las actitudes que favorecen la imposición de normas lingüísticas y la devaluación de dialectos no estándar son consideradas como una continuación del colonialismo.
- The colonial mentality & xenophobic attitude of our country is so awful for convincing people to strip their heritage (or forcing it upon them). Diversity is powerful & beautiful. I mourn more & more what colonialism has done to our world. Language is inherently human, political, & so so valuable.
- Language suppression, exclusion, and discrimination is one the most powerful forms of colonization. Colonial mindsets are so deeply embedded in “speaking properly” or “the right language” everywhere in the world. This example remains from european colonialism.
- Over-correction of others’ grammatical “mistakes” outside of academic settings is a product of white colonialism and stifles effective communication. Language is fluid and it doesn’t matter if someone “used a word wrong” if they communicated what they meant to communicate.
- We must denormalise and delegitimise the english language anything short of that is a continuation of colonialism. Here we go 1/7.
4. La Lucha por la Revitalización Lingüística.
Se destaca la importancia de revitalizar las lenguas indígenas como un acto de resistencia contra el colonialismo y como un medio para recuperar la identidad cultural.
- In my country we are trying to undo colonialism. It's very difficult to see it. It starts with reviving the language, seeing the brutality of privelege, and elevating cultural differences. Your thread had me crying for all the genocides, languages cultures lost. Erased, downtrodden. Thank you.
- On the note of "learning things that are obvious to folks from the place": learning that while senegal's "official" language is french, only 15-20% of men understand it vs 80% of the populace speaking wolof is wild to me like colonialism gonna colonialism i know but wow.
- No, we don't. It is our language and you have some neck moving here talking like that about our language that we're trying to revive after centuries of colonialism. Wind your neck in.