Cartographers Social Equality

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In the episode Cartographers for social equality, by the tv show the west wing. A group of map-makers that work for the OCSC are presenting, what they believe is the right map known as Peter’s Projection map. They have a plan to change the current map and replace it with the Peter’s Projection map and then, make it a mandatory map for all U.S schools. They meet C.J Cregg and Josh Lyman to explain their plans. Cynthia Sales a group member claims, “The mercator projection has fostered European imperialist attitudes for centuries and has created an ethnic bias against 3rd world countries”(1:01). The group member provides a strong claim to demonstrate that the current map is a bias and creating an inequality. Another group member Dr. John Fallow

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