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minus-squareirelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·18 days agoIt’s highlighting the discrepancy between media reactions to strikes in cities in the global south versus a western city, like London.
minus-squareFiery@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·17 days agoImagine the response if a Muslim nation bombed a school full of white Christian kids.
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·18 days agoSo east of Europe is now called South? Hmmmmm
minus-squarefun_times@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 days ago“The global south” is a well-established concept that has replaced the concept of the “third world” since the collapse of the soviet union (the “second world”).
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days agoOh dang I though it meant south of the globe, like literally. Today I learned something I didn’t like.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days agoYep, Australia isn’t in it despite being a continent-sized mining town.
It’s highlighting the discrepancy between media reactions to strikes in cities in the global south versus a western city, like London.
Imagine the response if a Muslim nation bombed a school full of white Christian kids.
So east of Europe is now called South? Hmmmmm
“The global south” is a well-established concept that has replaced the concept of the “third world” since the collapse of the soviet union (the “second world”).
Oh dang I though it meant south of the globe, like literally.
Today I learned something I didn’t like.
Yep, Australia isn’t in it despite being a continent-sized mining town.