Research scientist @GoogleAI. Ugrad @Harvard, PhD @CarnegieMellon.
Researcher by the day, political junkie by the night. Loves maps.
Opinions are my own.
Oct 14, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Only in India do you see people triggered by the idea of offering education in the mother tongue, something considered a no-brainer in other countries. Moreover, the same people argue for imposing a language of instruction that is not known by 90% of the population.
2/ I mostly agree with @_YogendraYadav here. Judging from the comments, many struggle to understand the distinction between the following separate issues:
1.) English vs. mother tongue as a *medium*
2.) Learning English as a language
3.) The link language
Given all the inaccurate info here about #S386/#HR1044 and country caps as a maintainer of "diversity," I figured I'd write a thread on immigration history and why country caps are, in fact, the product of a system designed to discriminate on the basis of national origin. 1/10
Many of the first immigrants to the new country were from northern/western Europe. Anti-Irish and anti-Catholic sentiments were high. By the late 1800s, people from the rest of Europe and China had begun coming in. Resentment of the Irish, Italians, and Chinese grew. 2/10
