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May 17, 2005
Exactly
Have a look at this article. It says exactly what I believe and have said for a while. The author has obviously not read some of the already published works about the subject (The Myth of Continents or Beyond Binary Histories or The Colonizers' Model of the World), but she still makes the good point.
We live in a world that is becoming more and more politically correct, sometimes to the extremes (HERstory???????), so I think asking people to be politically correct and stop using the terms "Middle- Near- Far- East" should not be that hard. Say West- Central- East- Asia!
Posted by Khodadad at May 17, 2005 10:31 AM
Comments
Hmmm, the thought that I have some West Asian ancestry instead of Middle Eastern really changes my outlook. Somehow, I feel more connected to a greater whole! :) Seriously, I think it is long past time that the old Eurocentric way of perceiving the world and history should give way to a more realistic perspective!
Posted by: David at May 18, 2005 12:24 AM