After completing an exam, I found myself sitting on my computer avoiding work; therefore, I began to stumble. The popular website stumbleupon.com took me to site with a BAD translator! I was typing in anything I could to see what would come out and on my desk was the book The Idea of Race. I typed in the title to see what would come out and the result after 25 translations of various languages was “the idea that competition.” Even though the point of the site was silly and to mess up the phrase, the translation acknowledges an important concept. Between different groups there is conflict and competition, and this is evident in the history of races. Also, I think that this site points out how complicated the communication process is and the problematic barriers in understanding that can ensue due to the inadequacies of human's capability to comprehend differences in cultures.
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