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> I'm just going to start calling it Super-Saharan Africa. When people point out the issue on their map, I'll just flip it 180°. Google Maps conveniently reorie
by Bayart 5y ago
> I'm just going to start calling it Super-Saharan Africa. When people point out the issue on their map, I'll just flip it 180°. Google Maps conveniently reorients text.
You'll just confuse people and look like a joker when you explain to them that you've decided to change universally accepted geographic nomenclature on your lonesome because you took a whiff of maybe possibly who knows racism.
- bsanr2 5y agoPeople could stand to be confused a bit. Sort of a, "Get out of the car and find your own way home," moment for a society that is infamously terrible at analyzing The Reasons Things Are. We used to "universally accept" nomenclature like "Nigger" for place names. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_nigger_in_proper_names https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_nigger_in_proper_name...