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minus-squareYliaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down9·19 days agoIt’s a bad analogy because calling Deutschland Germany doesn’t make you think Germany is an English concept, whereas rebranding all scientists in a whitewashed manner projects an image of all scientific breakthroughs being owed to the west.
minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 days agoThat a far more complex, multifaceted issue, TBF, but I can understand your feelings and they’re valid. 🙌🏼
It’s a bad analogy because calling Deutschland Germany doesn’t make you think Germany is an English concept, whereas rebranding all scientists in a whitewashed manner projects an image of all scientific breakthroughs being owed to the west.
That a far more complex, multifaceted issue, TBF, but I can understand your feelings and they’re valid. 🙌🏼
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