watching Little Chinese Everywhere it's heartening to see how present traditional (indigenous? That's the analogy at least. I don't know my Chinese history especially well) cultures and identities are over there among the various ethnic groups.
EDIT: in some areas it even changes village to village. "we're kyrgyz, the village next door is Tajik" I think it's how a modern indigenous america would be if there had been no genocide & it's really cool to imagine.
Imagining a smug liberal challenging the diversity of China by showing a reddit map of the different "sub-cultures" of the US where everyone in the comments says "that doesn't make sense for where I live."
been thinking about this comparison recently
watching Little Chinese Everywhere it's heartening to see how present traditional (indigenous? That's the analogy at least. I don't know my Chinese history especially well) cultures and identities are over there among the various ethnic groups.
EDIT: in some areas it even changes village to village. "we're kyrgyz, the village next door is Tajik" I think it's how a modern indigenous america would be if there had been no genocide & it's really cool to imagine.
Imagining a smug liberal challenging the diversity of China by showing a reddit map of the different "sub-cultures" of the US where everyone in the comments says "that doesn't make sense for where I live."
:/