minus-squareRegalPotoo@lemmy.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is referring to countries as "civilized" and "uncivilized" considered to be racist?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72arrow-down2·1 day agoI don’t know about strictly racist, but it’s definitely got colonial overtones. Europe has used “they are uncivilized” as an excuse for the way they brutalized their colonies, erased cultures and enslaved people for centuries linkfedilink
I don’t know about strictly racist, but it’s definitely got colonial overtones. Europe has used “they are uncivilized” as an excuse for the way they brutalized their colonies, erased cultures and enslaved people for centuries