Just see this serious debate about Witchcraft by their law reform commission https://www.klrc.go.ke/index.php/klrc-blog/518-justification...
It’s unfortunate, but I’m not convinced that being a “Kenyan scientist” is better than being a “scientist from a developing country”. Personal preferences, of course.
> “Third world”—as if to label my people at the bottom of the world’s pecking order?
“Third world” also includes countries like Finland and Sweden.
Also, it’s hardly untrue to suggest that Kenyan people are currently near the bottom of the world’s pecking order. This isn’t a criticism of them, just an indisputable fact.
> I expressed my discomfort with the standard terms and proposed as an alternative “areas with limited resources.”
This kind of word games don’t seem beneficial. It’s like calling a blind person “unsighted”.
It’s necessary to acknowledge the story behind “developing countries”, it’s simply an euphemism for “poor”.
Who does replacing “developing countries” with yet another euphemism benefit?