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Re: Name decolonization
« Reply #75 on: October 31, 2023, 02:22:52 pm »
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What is meant by “Middle East”? Any region far from Europe is called the Far East, close to Europe is Near East, & anything in between is #MiddleEast. Europe is the benchmark for these names. The West claimed such rights for themselves. Don’t say the Middle East; say #WestAsia.

I agree with everything but the last sentence. Asia itself is a Eurocentric term FFS!