when western people want to explain situations and issues Eastern Europe in ways that either ignore voices from the region, treating it as object, not subject of the history. Applying their perspectives, while ignoring what these countries and people actually lived through.
by Franz666 March 19, 2022
Term coined by Slavs and Ukrainians on social media to criticize political analysis done by "Westerners" - people who live in the Americas and Europe in general.
"Jonathan started westplaining to a Serbian why NATO bombed his town after reading a few articles on Wikipedia."
"John Mearsheimer westplained in the New Yorker why Russia had to invade Ukraine"
"John Mearsheimer westplained in the New Yorker why Russia had to invade Ukraine"
by Tetizeraz March 14, 2022