TOW #14 - How Far I'll Go in 24 Languages

This week, I went to the movies and saw the new Disney animated film, Moana. I really enjoyed this movie because Moana solved her own problems, with very little help from her male counterpart, Maui. But this is beside the point. I mentioned the movie because while I was browsing through my twitter feed, I saw a video of the star, Moana, singing the song "How Far I'll Go" in twenty four different languages.

I heard all of the languages and it was so beautiful. This video reminded me of the Coca Cola commercial where various peoples from around America were singing "America the Beautiful' in their preferred languages. This proved that America is the land of immigrants and the land of the Melting Pot. A plethora of people were upset by the Coca Cola commercial, claiming that the true "American language," was English. I searched on twitter if there had been any hate towards the Moana video.

There was no surprise that many people were hating on the video. While there was nothing said about the true American Language, the internet trolls came out of their hiding places to make the other speaking people feel poorly about themselves and their countries.

I think the authors point of view was to show how beautiful the art of language is, not to spark a hate war on social media websites. This brings me to question, what is wrong with the people in America? Why is there so much hatred towards the unknown.The people of other countries were expressing great feelings of admiration towards the song. Why can't Americans be like this? Is it because of the feelings that we are more superior than other countries. Not only does this make me angry that Americans can so easily show hatred in their hearts, but it makes me sad because Americans are not seen spreading love.