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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes
I do not agree with that. Sure its a guarantee, but this is a category that can show up in every other category. I've nominated non-English books in categories outside of foreign before. I understand the idea of broadening horizons and making a conscious choice, but by being an on-line group with members from everywhere, we should be able to get that automatically. That said, if I were to rank the current categories for probability of me participating Foreign and Award Winners are probably at the top of the list. So Foreign is a great category.  |
Since this is an English language group, the majority of our selections tend to be originally written in English. I count maybe 8 or 9 books from the previous selections that were originally non-English since 2008. Not a lot of diversity there. This is a way to make sure we get that diversity. I am not saying that I
want this category, just defending its inclusion as a valid category.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
But this isn't box office. This is a global forum where we try to be fair and honest. Foreign is not fair and it's not honest (non-English is not foreign to a lot of people).
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Would changing the category to be just "Books originally written in a language other than English" and removing the "foreign" part solve this for you? It seems like you have something against that word in particular.
And now that I have
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