A Cool Dude@lemmy.ml to BreadTube / LeftTube@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoThe double standards of naming things discovered by Europeans vs non-Europeansspectreofcommunism.boovideomessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down15
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minus-squarepaysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·3 months agoI think his point is great that naming by the original discoverer ties into a much more interesting history of global endeavor, though students may prefer to resolve the double standard in favor of the descriptive names. Who do we lobby for change?
minus-squareमुक्त@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoHistory departments of educational institutions.
I think his point is great that naming by the original discoverer ties into a much more interesting history of global endeavor, though students may prefer to resolve the double standard in favor of the descriptive names. Who do we lobby for change?
History departments of educational institutions.