I can't believe this?
Should one laugh or cry? Are the people pretending or is it real? If they are actors, why would any person act so foolish and disgrace his own country? If it is real, how many people gave good answers that we do not see in the video? I am sure I would not get so many funny answers in South Africa, even in a neighbourhood where people have little schooling. If people don't know the answer, we usually just say "I don't know" instead of pretending like this.
The funniest one is when the person doesn't notice that Iran is where Australia is supposed to be.
The funniest one is when the person doesn't notice that Iran is where Australia is supposed to be.
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I didn't think it was funny at all, they were going to mistakenly blow my country up thinking it was Iran!!!!!!!!!!
Hello - Iran is up people not "down under" and Iran is surround by other countries not a single island. Middle East, not South Pacific.
I think that Chezz - C'Tack! is right.
"there were many that got some of the answers right and they just didn't show us them."
I have saw the analogous problem in Taiwan's mediums.
I can believe it! If someone came to my country (South Africa) and asked random people on the street the same questions, I'm sure
Sorry, I don't think my entire comment came through..I'm new to Vox. In short I think that it's unfair to make broad generalisations like "All Americans are stupid" and I think that it's a good discussion base base for topics like; media ownership, education in the capitilist system etc... If not anything, a look at answering questions under pressure!
Young Americans lack basic global knowledge: National Geographic Society (May 2nd 2006)
Geography: Greek to Young Americans (CNN, May 4th 2006)
This is perhaps off the point, though it ties in with education. An excerpt from USA today concerning illiteracy:
Laugh or cry? It's your choice.
Doorae, I'm a little confused as to why you are referring to my country as Azania. The name was orginally used to refer to people originating from the North Western parts of Africa.... The name Azania has been used in a South African context during the Apartheid era as a reactionary statement againest the oppressive ruling party etc etc..but I'm sure you are familiar with the history and origins of the word. I know we're talking semiotics here but I find your use of the word slightly inappropriate. That aside, As an Educator I understand that people learn and retain information that they feel applies to them directly or has some consequential value to them. So although the ignorance is unacceptable it is also understandable.
So what is our identity? The name Azania had its origins in EASTERN Africa (the areas now known as Somalia and Sudan and the islands off the East African coast). It was later used by Arab merchants to refer to the entire continent. As you know, the people of the Azanian continent were contributing to mathematics, medicine and art and the continent was the centre of learning, a very long time before Europe crawled out of it's "dark age". In early Azanian literature, the continent of Europe was know as a dark, miserable place where the sounds of groans and shouts could be heard as the Africans sailed the Mediteranean. Because of the early recorded references to the learning and cultural center of the world as "Azania" I see little reason it should offend any Africans when we eventually adopt this name. In fact, it would be an honor if Africans accepted this name for our country, as opposed to it being used for a united Africa instead. It is more than appropriate and well known in reference to the the place now known as "south Africa".
On the second point about literacy.. One would have to define literacy in order to continue this debate. I am still of the opinion that more Azanians are familiar with world geography than Americans are. For one, our education prgrams are superior even though we are poorly funded and our graduates have fewer opportunities than their American counterparts. Teh reason Americans are unfamiliar with the world is a political phenomenon and (as you suggested) perhaps due to the lack of unbiased and high quality media organisations in the USA. A result of propaganda and the resulting "neo-colonial" mind set, perhaps.