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Biden-Harris Administration Releases 10-Year National Plan on Native Language Revitalization | U.S. Department of the Interior (www.doi.gov)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's some hand-crafted conservative rage bait right there. Delectable.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. This'll be a two month plan pretty quick.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It's a great concept worthy of doing. But if they were serious about it, they would do it quietly and not draw the attention of morons.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

[Speaking as just another user]

That's actually great news - languages are directly tied to identity, it's part of what gives you a sense of belonging, of being who you are and part of a community. Marginalising and threatening a language is the same as doing it with its speakers; kill a culture and you'll inevitably kill its speakers, and vice versa.

I don't know if the plan will be successful, but I hope that it does.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

go n-éirí leo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

[Speaking officially, as a mod]

Everyone, remember rule #1 (stay on-topic, specially for more divisive subjects) and the code of conduct followed by this instance. And also rule #4, have fun.