Thought Experiment: Would you ever recommend White people learn Portuguese?

submitted by radicalcentristNational Centrism from self.debatealtright

Portuguese is very clearly a European language, and at one point in history, it was home to the country that owned half the world (the other half being Spain). Despite its native European origins and Portugal's impact on the world, today the language is actually dominated by non-white speakers. Brazil, Angola and Mozambique all have larger populations than Portugal, who speak a language that's actually foreign to their own lands.

With this knowledge, would you ever persuade another White person to learn this tongue? Why or why not?

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[–]VacaLeitera767 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If they're interested in portuguese/brazilian literary culture (until the 19th century these two complemented each other and walked together) then I'd say go ahead, there is some really great literature by both medieval and modern portuguese writers and 19th century/early 20th century brazilian writers.

I would warn anyone thinking about learning Portuguese very strongly about contemporary brazilian "culture" (especially youth culture) being a depressing mess, and immersing yourself in this shockingly retarded environment, even passively, can only be detrimental to your intelligence and mental wellbeing. I say this as a brazilian btw.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you for your response.

On the subject of Brazil, I would still recommend White people learn the language just because there are European enclaves scattered around the southern parts of the country. For example, there are cities like Blumenau that is populated almost entirely by German settlers who came from the 1800s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqTRSxA1I68

Brazil is also the 9th largest economy in the world (bigger than Portugal lol) so even despite the rampant poverty and bad culture, Whites would still be learning a language that has major business ties. You just have to find the right area to live in.

[–]cisheteroscumWhite Nationalist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Do you ever ask serious questions?