[lbo-talk] language query

[Liza Featherstone]

I wonder what LBO-sters -- especially those living in non-Western  
countries, but everyone should feel free to weigh in -- think of the  
expression "the global South." I really try hard to stay away from  
expressions that convey speakers are members of some special,  
exclusive, righteous club, so I don't like it. I have used it on a  
few occasions, out of a sense that "developing world" was too  
optimistic and imperialist -- though it's very accepted in policy  
wonk circles, probably for exactly this reason -- and "Third World"  
vaguely problematic. But I'm resistant. Thoughts? Apologies in  
advance for the naivete and likely provincialism of the question.

Liza