Why English Dominates the World — it has nothing to do with ‘white privilege’.

“People speak English everywhere because of white privilege…”

A friend of mine said this recently while in Indonesia.

I quietly pointed out that there are well over 40 predominantly white countries where English is not the official language (Europe excluding the UK for starters) — clearly, there’s more to it than just race.

The reason why English is widely spoken, right now, is largely because of economic, political, and cultural dominance of the…