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50 Reads Challenge 2013
Book 15: A Room with a View - E.M. Forester

50 Reads Challenge 2013

Book 15: A Room with a View - E.M. Forester

Don’t fool yourself. English isn’t inherently superior, or easier to learn, or more sonically pleasing. Its international usage comes from forceful assimilation and legacy of colonialistic injection. It isn’t a deed that one should take pride in.

—my uncle left this comment on his friend’s Facebook status, a white British man who was bragging about how easy it is to be a native English speaker when trekking to different nations. (via maarnayeri)

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