What are "developing" countries developing into? Nice white western ones like the global north?

Nope. That one is the worst of the choices.

> What are "developing" countries developing into? Nice white western ones like the global north? Nope. That one is the worst of the choices.

The way to think about it is along economic, social, and infra/tech dimensions, and are not coupled to culture or ethnicity (your "white western").

Specifically, developing countries:

- Economic: low income, underdeveloped industry

- Social: lower quality of life, limited access to basic services (jobs, food, clean water, education, healthcare, housing)

- Infra/tech: poor infrastructure, limited access to technology

Furthermore, the following countries in Europe ("white") can be considered developing: Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, etc. while Japan is not developing (and not "white western").

Some countries have a high HDI (e.g. in Africa you can think of Algeria, Egypt, South Africa, Morocco, Botswana, etc.) but can still be considered developing on other dimensions.

In the Middle East, counties like Qatar, UAE, Israel, Kuwait, and Bahrain can be considered developed (and not "white western").

I said "somewhat okay" in my original comment to mean developing/developed classification is better than the Global North/South. Not that it's good or should be widely used. I wanted to communicate that even that bad classification is "better" than Global North/South which I'm hearing about today for the first time.

They are "developing" into industrialized countries.

They’re becoming developed like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore.

"Economically developed" doesn't imply race: you are the one bringing white up... Or perhaps you are projecting your bad impressions onto others?

Developing is a fine word, with little taint.

You remind me of a lady who objected to me saying "retarded" who then righteously lectured me about not saying retarded, and she proceeded to give an example of her having a friend in a wheelchair as to why the word was offensive. I couldn't even start to tell her just how grossly disgusting her comments were.

Parts of reality suck, but denying reality sucks even harder - especially if you think you are helping less developed peoples.

Do you live in a white western country?

If so, do you have a plan for emigrating?

If you've no plan, why not?