[Ads-l] Now in your hands, the the key to the "singularity"... (UNCLASSIFIED)

Mullins, Bill CIV (US) william.d.mullins18.civ at MAIL.MIL
Thu Jun 2 20:55:26 UTC 2016


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> The buzz in college was that "Oriental" is Occident-centric, i.e., racist.  Why? Because East Asian cultures differ considerably and cannot be
> lumped together.
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> Also, "the Orient" is an exotic Euro-American construct.
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> JL

But "Murder on the non-Occident Express" doesn't really leap off the page, does it?
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