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Is ‘Africa’ a racial slur and should the continent be renamed? (theconversation.com)

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The name Africa was given to the continent by European explorers, exploiters, slavers and colonists. It ignores the indigenous people and their accomplishments.

Research paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14725843.2021.2017262?needAccess=true

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure whether should I upvote this because it is an interesting share or downvote because I really hate the idea of renaming the continent that the author of the paper promotes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Either works. It's engagement and opening a discussion was the reason I posted this.