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A lot of languages increase accessibility. Aside from a lot of working class folks not speaking English as a primary language (or not at all), there are also other accessibility languages like ASL. These aren't just valuable for accessibility though. There's still a lot of cutting edge anarchist theory in all types of languages that isn't available in English. And how many surveillance tools do you think are scanning social media for ASL?

Authoritarian structures collapse in the face of the kind of complexity that we want to exist.

Multilingualism is a prefigurative praxis.

hex

@Hex@kolektiva.social · 3 hours ago

Authoritarian structures collapse in the face of the kind of complexity that we want to exist.

Multilingualism is a prefigurative praxis.

Michael Graaf

@michaelgraaf@kolektiva.social · 2 hours ago

@Hex Widespread multilingualism is one of the strengths of #SouthAfrica. Indigenous languages collectively constitute a majority, & for all its sins, apartheid gave each its own bureaucracy including university & radio & TV. Ironically citizens privileged by apartheid were denied instruction in local majority languages; most remain linguistically disabled (monolingual or weakly bilingual) & their children only slightly better off, while the average citizen is fluent in two or three languages. The new system still privileges hegemonic languages by not budgeting for a level playing field #austerity

cuan_knaggs

@mensrea@freeradical.zone · 50 minutes ago

@michaelgraaf speaking of that, do you know anyone in the southern suburbs giving Xhosa lessons? @Hex