wtf?

[ratcreature]

Okay, the phrasing in this BBC article is really awful. It talks about the Andaman islands, and an isolated indigenous tribe. And it has this sentence (paraphrasing an argument for creating some sort of buffer zone between the tribal area and the rest of the island): "[...] the Jarawas should be totally isolated from human habitation and no commercial activity be allowed near their habitat." Seriously, that article talks about these people like giant pandas, as if they weren't humans as well.

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[parhelion]

Yup. I agree. A lot of the problem seems to lie in remembering that folks have agency, even when you're sure you know what needs to happen to them, and keeping that agency right up front. It would have read very differently if the article had used the appropriate variant of "(some part of) the (whomever) believe they should be guarded from (outside problem) and no(other outside problem) should be allowed near their (preferred term for where they live)."