アメリカの強烈な同調圧力

 

米スポーツ局ESPNのStephen Smithが、大谷選手が通訳を必要とすることを批判して炎上し謝罪。差別は良くないが、MLBに世界中から選手がやってくる中、通訳を当たり前のように使うのは日本人選手だけ。中高の英語教育に頼ること自体が間違えで、会話力は各自が習得すべきもの。 https://t.co/IdBLBiMu3u

— H.S. Kim (@xcvbnm67890) July 13, 2021

 "The fact that you got a foreign player that doesn't speak English, believe it or not, I think contributes to harming the game to some degree, when that's your box office appeal," Smith said during Monday's "First Take." "It needs to be somebody like Bryce Harper, Mike Trout, those guys. And unfortunately at this point in time, that's not the case." 

"When you talk about an audience gravitating to the tube, or to the ballpark, to actually watch you, I don't think it helps that the No. 1 face is a dude that needs an interpreter so you can understand what the hell he's saying, in this country," he said. "And that's what I'm trying to say."

"For some reason, in Major League Baseball, you got these guys who need those interpreters, and I think that compromises the ability for them to ingratiate themselves with the American public, which is what we're really talking about."

謝罪したとはいえ、こういう発想する日本人というのは”まだ”いないんじゃないかなあ。

日本の野球会で外人選手に日本語しゃべることを要求する人はいない。

外人選手で日本語しゃべれなくても人気は出る。

アメリカの同調圧力恐るべし。