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Being an African I don't really get offended as you seem to think I would. Mr. Gates obviously isn't saying "Africa" because he's a privileged white man, but b
by tertius 13y ago
Being an African I don't really get offended as you seem to think I would. Mr. Gates obviously isn't saying "Africa" because he's a privileged white man, but because that's how people talk and write. And contrary to your response, he obviously knows what you are saying to a degree that neither of us will ever know.
- mtalantikite 13y agoYeah, I get that he knows how complicated the issues are, but the point is that that language helps reinforce an idea of superiority. Many people that read that article are going to continue to lump the entire continent together and continue to think "poverty, disease, black, rural, other", whereas the reality is much different.