Factually! with Adam Conover cover image

China's Kingdom of Characters with Jing Tsu

Factually! with Adam Conover

00:00

Is There a Difference Between English and Chinese?

Adam: We make judgments about people based on their language and based on accent, or based on lack of fluency. Can't we just get over that? Adam: Yes, do that, but that language is so inherent to us. And it's very hard to not just say, oh, they must think that way too. That must be deep within them. But i also understand why it's so deeply rooted in us. I when you hear o accent, like chinese,. you're thinking in a broken english immigrant. When you hear french, you're thinking, oh, european inction, tradition, race. There's a lot of prejudices that we do nd

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app