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Othering and Projection: Chinese is confusing vs. Chinese are confused
March 2, 2011 — Restructure!In English, a person says, “It’s all Greek to me,” when they do not understand the words of someone else. In Greek, when a person does not understand, they say it sounds like Chinese. Many languages have an expression that names another language as epitome of unintelligibility. It turns out that in a directed graph, most languages converge on Chinese as the unintelligible language.
This is understandable. Chinese writing, especially Traditional Chinese, is very visually complex. Chinese characters are logograms, which makes learning how to read Chinese difficult.
However, there is a difference between finding Chinese writing confusing and alleging that Chinese people are confused.
In which Mark and Eduardo fulfill their yellow fever dreams
October 13, 2010 — Restructure!I wish all my news came in the form delivered by Next Media Animation TV.
Canada’s Recent Immigrants’ Country of Birth, 2006
October 1, 2010 — Restructure!You can click on the map below to see a larger version.
Map of Recent Immigrants in Toronto: 1981 versus 2006
September 30, 2010 — Restructure!For these maps, “recent immigrants” are those who arrived in Canada within the last five years of the Census date. You can click on the maps to see larger versions.
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Via Recent immigrant population from 1981 to 2006 Census by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs) by Statistics Canada.
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Map of White Segregation/Enclaves in Toronto
September 27, 2010 — Restructure!Statistics Canada has a “thematic” map of the percentage of visible minorities in Toronto CMA (Census Metropolitan Area) in 2006. You can click on the map below to see a larger version. Generally, the lighter areas are where the whites live.
Toronto is a multi-racial city with a marshmallow centre (or two). The suburbs surrounding Toronto have a greater percentage of visible minorities, while large patches of Toronto’s core have been gentrified are inhabited by whites.
Note that some areas of Toronto are whiter than the national average, over 90% white.
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