What Does 'Third World Country' Mean?
Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml To say "Third World Country" is politically incorrect. Here's a look at why, and what terms to use instead. Learn More: UN GDP list http://unstats.un.o...
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Hopefully, by now, we’re all savvy enough to stop saying “third world” countries. But saying “developing nations” sounds condescending too. We usually end up calling them “those nations”, which might be even worse. Which nations? “Those nations... over there. Don’t touch them.” So... what should we call “those nations”? First off, the term “Third World” is really wrong. It comes from the 1950’s, and at the time, the First World meant countries aligned with the West or the United States. The Second World was nations aligned with Communist Russia. This only sort of made sense then, and makes absolutely no sense now. As for the “Third World”, that referred to everything else...it includes “those nations” we mean when we...
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Hopefully, by now, we’re all savvy enough to stop saying “third world” countries. But saying “developing nations” sounds condescending too. We usually end up calling them “those nations”, which might be even worse. Which nations? “Those nations... over there. Don’t touch them.” So... what should we call “those nations”? First off, the term “Third World” is really wrong. It comes from the 1950’s, and at the time, the First World meant countries aligned with the West or the United States. The Second World was nations aligned with Communist Russia. This only sort of made sense then, and makes absolutely no sense now. As for the “Third World”, that referred to everything else...it includes “those nations” we mean when we...
