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[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 71 points 1 day ago (17 children)

Heads up to anyone that might not know, but you shouldn't say "the Congo", because referring to it that was is a remnant of colonialism. Instead, just say Congo. E.g. "there's a war in Congo".

I realise that I'm being peak buzzkill politically correct leftie here, but I only learned this relatively recently, and I want to help out others like me. It still sounds weird to me to say "Congo" rather than "the Congo", but that's part of why it feels important to make the effort to change

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 14 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Similar for The Ukraine which means “the frontier” in Russian and evokes the history of Muscovite imperialism over their frontier states

[–] FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

For those wondering, Xinjiang, the province controlled by China where the Uyghurs are is named similarly. It literally means “new frontier” in Mandarin.

Many Uyghurs prefer the name East Turkestan. (But ofc thats heavily repressed by the CCP).

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