¶ Austranesia
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Austranesia:
“As you know that’s my new word for Southeast Asia. I have just come from two week-long UN conferences, first in Djakarta and then in Kuala Lumpur. It was so striking how the Americans and Europeans tended to be abrupt or even harassing in their discourse with one another; it was a style of confrontation. But the Austranesian representatives were always incredibly thoughtful toward other people. Without exception, I commented on this to other Americans and Europeans and they all confirmed my observation that the Asians were a more self-considerate society, being from a very old and wise set of human beings, they had an entirely different way of speaking up.”
¶ Citations
- RBF to EJA, from Somerset Club, Boston, 10 Aug’75
