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I understand the point, I just think it is silly. If you want to educate about varied landscapes, do it. But don't complain about the lack of mentioning of var
by kkjjkgjjgg 5y ago
I understand the point, I just think it is silly.
If you want to educate about varied landscapes, do it. But don't complain about the lack of mentioning of varied landscapes in an article about female genital mutilation (which according to the WHO affects 200 million women, so it is not that exotic to write about https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/female-geni... ).
Unfortunately what TFA ultimately did is let me learn more about the stereotypes in Africa, but nothing about its varied landscapes. If you want to educate about varied landscapes, just educate about varied landscapes.
I actually still don't know what I should be looking at to see the "real" Africa now, after so many discussions. I only get that there are issues that for some reasons I should not be looking at.
Like school shootings in the US. Should I worry about that when I consider sending my kids to school in the US, or not?
- ashwagary 5y ago>I actually still don't know what I should be looking at to see the "real" Africa now, You are now more aware of red flags in writing related to this topic. The rest requires work, there is no shortcut to understanding a continent. This post is just a critique of intellectual laziness.
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoActually I am more inclined to think that the "red flags" are exactly what one should be looking at. No other examples have been proposed.