http://www.upworthy.com/we-have-been-mislead-by-an-erroneous-map-of-the-world-for-500-years?c=bl3
Interesting video and point. We do tend to equate size with equality and things really aren't portrayed accurately according to size via the Mercator map we use today. Possibly the Peters map could be of use? Also, the end made me laugh, turn someone's world upside down when you turn a map upside down, even though a sphere doesn't really have a top and bottom.... :)
Back to equality: we associate northern and southern hemispheres and West and East with Good or bad or superior and inferior. It shouldn't be that way, but people do it. If everyone works to set it straight that we are all humans living on the same earth, all equal we can work to change that mentality. Again, I leave with this quote: "There is only one race: the human race."
*Kristen
PS. Hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving or for those who don't celebrate it, hope you had a happy weekend.
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