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It's a bit of a dumb "gotcha" question to be honest.
Name 3 Indian people right now? Name 3 Russian people right now? Name 3 Argentinian people right now?
Most people don't have a list of go-to names in their pockets based on nationality. And people in Europe will be much more familiar with other Europeans, and also Americans because we're inundated in coverage.
I'm British with Irish heritage and I'm struggling on the spot to name 3 Irish people alive right now, yet I see a lot of Irish comedians, actors, musicians and TV shows on British TV.
It's a specious argument that the question reveals what it purports to. Instead it reveals people are shit when put on the spot, and especially the further outside their day-to-day familiarity you go.
Yeah I sat here trying to name three of:
And I'm not even on the spot in a studio. The human brain just doesn't work that way.
edit: and for context I'm Finnish, so I picked neighbouring countries that I should (and do) know people from
Narendra Modi. Raoul Gandhi. Gina Gopinath.
Vladimir Putin. Dimitry Medvedev. Oleg Deripaska.
Lionel Messi. Mauricio Macri. Cristina Kirhsner.
It’s not that hard.
That’s gotta count, right?
Edit: shit, they said alive.
🇮🇳 : Visby anand, gukesh d, Modi.
🇷🇺 : Ian/yan nepomnyaschchi , daniil dubov, Putin.
🇦🇷: Christina Kirchner, Alberto Fernández, Mirta legrande.
🇮🇪: dará O'Brien, RT game, foil arms & hog. Danny Dwyer. The bastard transphobe Graham lineman.
I came up with these names on the spot. I might not be able to make three Mauritians, but come on, if you follow anything international, you can name 3 Chinese people. They are there from politics to snooker.
🇨🇳: ding liren, Wei yi, Hu jintao
Edit: I only put gukesh with d because it is acceptable, and I might misspel domajaru