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← In what they could say about the Orient, Europeans were racist, imperialist and almost wholly ethnocentric

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 25 May 2013 to 30 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about racism.

Everything filed under Europe Europe Everything filed under gender equality gender equality Everything filed under Japan Japan Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: In what they could say about the Orient, Europeans were racist, imperialist and almost wholly ethnocentric In what they could say about the Orient,Europeans were racist, imperialist andalmost wholly ethnocentric ES Edward Said — holds since c. 1978 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Racism' and 'sexism' properly name systematic disadvantage, not merely prejudice against anyone. — tap to centre the map on it 'Racism' and 'sexism' properly namesystematic disadvantage, not merelyprejudice against anyone. Last stated 13 years ago 25 May 2013 AS Alom Shaha — holds since 2013-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country is primarily for its native people — tap to centre the map on it A country is primarily for itsnative people Last stated a year ago 15 Sept 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person with influence has a responsibility to use it against leaders' racist, fear-provoking rhetoric — tap to centre the map on it A person with influence has aresponsibility to use it againstleaders' racist, fear-provokingrhetoric Last stated 8 years ago 6 Mar 2019 TS Taylor Swift — holds since 2019-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A white feminist does better to ask how they have benefited from being white than to resent the label — tap to centre the map on it A white feminist does better to askhow they have benefited from beingwhite than to resent the label Last stated 9 years ago 31 Dec 2017 EW Emma Watson — holds since 2017-12-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Accusations against a white person are treated as individual, while accusations against a Black person are used by racists to cast blame on Black people generally. — tap to centre the map on it Accusations against a white personare treated as individual, whileaccusations against a Black personare used by racists to cast blame onBlack people generally. Last stated 2 months ago 16 Sept 2026 RS Richard Stallman — holds since 2026-09-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Biden tying his presidency to Netanyahu was a massive miscalculation. — tap to centre the map on it Biden tying his presidency toNetanyahu was a massivemiscalculation. Last stated 3 years ago 16 Jan 2024 MD Matt Duss — holds since 2024-01-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Criticizing Islamism is neither Islamophobic nor racist. — tap to centre the map on it Criticizing Islamism is neitherIslamophobic nor racist. Last stated 2 days ago 30 Oct 2026 RJ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — holds since 2026-10-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ending billionairism is the key to resolving issues like intensifying fascism, unaffordable rents, and global heating. — tap to centre the map on it Ending billionairism is the key toresolving issues like intensifyingfascism, unaffordable rents, andglobal heating. Last stated 8 months ago 5 Mar 2026 PK Peter Kalmus — holds since 2026-03-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coalition from the US and EU to Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority should take Gaza from Hamas, rebuild it and demilitarise it — tap to centre the map on it A coalition from the US and EU toSaudi Arabia and the PalestinianAuthority should take Gaza fromHamas, rebuild it and demilitariseit Last stated 3 years ago 12 Oct 2023 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2023-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it A company doing something at theedge of the Overton window has tohold two cultures at once — the truebelievers and the seriousprofessionals who think they arecrazy — and integrating them is whatmakes it work. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Aug 2026 MH Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A heavily centralised state is the most fragile kind: when Rome’s centre failed, its successors were left without the resources or administration to do what it had done. — tap to centre the map on it A heavily centralised state is themost fragile kind: when Rome’scentre failed, its successors wereleft without the resources oradministration to do what it haddone. Last stated 5 years ago 28 Jan 2022 BD Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-01-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: America is a vastly richer country than Europe — tap to centre the map on it America is a vastly richer countrythan Europe Last stated 11 months ago 9 Dec 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Bandera is a symbol of resistance to Soviet occupation for a fight he could not have led, because he was not in Ukraine at the time. — tap to centre the map on it Bandera is a symbol of resistance toSoviet occupation for a fight hecould not have led, because he wasnot in Ukraine at the time. Last stated 3 years ago 4 Mar 2024 SP Serhii Plokhy — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Britain alone in Europe needed no large standing army, because a competent navy meant no army could ever reach its shores. — tap to centre the map on it Britain alone in Europe needed nolarge standing army, because acompetent navy meant no army couldever reach its shores. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 SP Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Europe is weak spiritually and militarily in the face of Russia — tap to centre the map on it Europe is weak spiritually andmilitarily in the face of Russia Last stated 2 years ago 19 Feb 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-02-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Europe's central response to Russia's hybrid attacks should be to redouble its support for Ukraine. — tap to centre the map on it Europe's central response toRussia's hybrid attacks should be toredouble its support for Ukraine. Last stated 3 weeks ago 11 Oct 2026 TA Timothy Garton Ash — holds since 2026-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: NATO expansion into Ukraine was the principal cause of the war, which makes the West principally responsible for it. — tap to centre the map on it NATO expansion into Ukraine was theprincipal cause of the war, whichmakes the West principallyresponsible for it. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Nov 2023 JM John Mearsheimer — holds since 2023-11-17 — tap for who they are
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