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How could it be racism if there is not a race or nationality referenced, or is every third world country the same race? Or do you just think of a certain race when "the third world" is mentioned?

No clue how you came up with white man savior from that, maybe some more casual racism?

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"The Third World was normally seen to include many countries with colonial pasts in Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Oceania, and Asia." Mostly non white people.

So which group is the original comment racist against? Is it just "anybody who isn't white" even though there are some included in the classification?

Also, afaik "Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Oceania, and Asia." are not races

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