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Generalizing North America is a totally worthwhile thing to do. Why would it not be? They all have legacies of colonialism, racism, Western education, etc. Obvi
by earthboundkid 4y ago
Generalizing North America is a totally worthwhile thing to do. Why would it not be? They all have legacies of colonialism, racism, Western education, etc. Obviously, Mexico is more like the rest of Central America than the US and Canada, but so what? Japan is more like the Koreas than it is like Cambodia.
- o_1 4y agoYes generalizations are the real solution. Wait weren't those the things that started racism and colonialism...? the things you seemed to be concerned about?
- vorpalhex 4y agoI'm very offended you are generalizing the distinct five regions of Mexico. Or should I be offended you are generalizing Oaxaca as a singular region? When does a pile of sand become a beach?
- earthboundkid 4y agoGeneralization was not the thing that started racism and colonialism. The Europeans started enslaving Africans because there was a taboo against enslaving Christians, and then a bunch of BS pseudoscience combined with natural human xenophobia to make a new monster with a life of its own. Generalization is an important tool for understanding the world. How could we think any thoughts without generalizing?