Walter Rodney Quote

In some quarters it has often been thought wise to substitute the term "developing" for "underdeveloped". One of the reasons for so doing is to avoid any unpleasantness which may be attached to the second term, which might be interpreted as meaning underdeveloped mentally, physically, morally, or in any other respect. Actually, if underdevelopment were related to anything other than comparing economies, then the most underdeveloped country in the world would be the U.S.A., which practices external oppression on a massive scale, while internally there is a blend of exploitation, brutality, and psychiatric disorder.


p. 25. - How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972)


In some quarters it has often been thought wise to substitute the term developing for underdeveloped. One of the reasons for so doing is to avoid any ...

In some quarters it has often been thought wise to substitute the term developing for underdeveloped. One of the reasons for so doing is to avoid any ...

In some quarters it has often been thought wise to substitute the term developing for underdeveloped. One of the reasons for so doing is to avoid any ...

In some quarters it has often been thought wise to substitute the term developing for underdeveloped. One of the reasons for so doing is to avoid any ...