The phrase "backwardness about" can be used in written English, particularly in formal writing.
It is often used to describe a lack of progress or development in a certain area or among a certain group. Example: The government's backwardness about implementing new technology has hindered the country's economic growth.
He insists that he is no racist, but is voicing justifiable concerns about the backwardness of Islamic civilisation and culture.
In this, beliefs about civilisational backwardness and the determinant of religion are mixed up with notions of class struggle.
Twenty-first century provincial France is quickly accelerating well beyond any cliches that Parisians might have about the backwardness of provincial life.
Atticus expresses not only opposition to the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, but also privately-held beliefs about the backwardness of his fellow black citizens.
From time to time, he would break into pidgin English to drive home a political point about the backwardness of Africa or the corruption of its leaders.
In Tibet the unifying power of religion and reverence for the Dalai Lama give urban and rural Tibetans strong common cause.Chinese officials have long been fretting about the backwardness of the Tibetan countryside.
"It would be just as misleading to speak in generalities of 'white exploitation' as it once was to talk about 'native backwardness.' " He warned against political pressures encouraging "Black xenophobia".
The complaints in part reflect real problems and in part, perhaps, stereotypes among the middle-class Taiwanese about the backwardness of mainlanders -- biases that are only strengthened by the influx of low-end job seekers.
And, of course, he was the turncoat who left Russia never to return, and often made wounding remarks from his Californian eyrie about the backwardness of Soviet musical culture.
Is he ready to lead America?" ACCURACY -- The advertisement is a compendium of the accusations about the backwardness of life in Texas under Mr. Bush that the Gore campaign has made a cornerstone of its effort to defeat him.
