“Everyone keeps saying ‘I am not prejudiced, or racist,’ but they won’t say it is my responsibility as well to try and do better.”
Tag: 11.30.15
The Internet Is For Everyone (Who Speaks One Of Very Few Languages)
“At the moment, the Internet only has webpages in about five percent of the world’s languages. Even national languages like Hindi and Swahili are used on only .01 percent of the 10 million most popular websites. The majority of the world’s languages lack an online presence that is actually useful.”
So It Turns Out There’s A ‘Mollywood’ – The Mormon Film Industry
“Two different films from recent years — ‘Mobsters And Mormons’ and ‘Inspired Guns’ — involve culture clashes between, well, mobsters and Mormons. However, because these films’ humor relies so heavily on Mormon-specific culture, and often Utah-specific Mormon culture, they’re thought to be near-incomprehensible to a wider audience.”
The One-Off Song That Accidentally Became One Of America’s Most Popular Mnemonics
“The odds of ‘Fifty Nifty United States’ becoming a beloved children’s classic were slim. Kraft Music Hall wasn’t exactly must-see TV—in the season that ‘Fifty Nifty United States’ made its first appearance, it wasn’t even in the top 30 most-watched shows on TV.”
Could Tap Dance Disappear Forever?
“It could die. Other genres that were once central to Western art have dropped off the shelf—epic poetry, commedia dell’arte, verse drama, the masque—and, if this list were expanded to include Asia, it would be much longer.”