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Mar 2019
No need to worry about
My culture
My language
My identity
There is no threat to my ethnicity.
My mother tongue is dominant,
The cultural lingua franca on each continent.
But at what cost, this monoglot monopoly?
Maybe I unknowingly lack empathy?
Do not understand that other languages need to breath.
Other cultures need the space.
Other identities need support.
That they face existential threats.
That my neighbours feel squeezed.
But what can I do when I am surprised
Each and every time when I am told
That not everyone speaks the English at home?
Written by
Eryri
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