Following the civil rights and feminist movements in the 1960s and 70s, hiring practices that excluded people who weren't white men came under increasing fire.
Arno Peters argued that by enlarging European and North American countries, the Mercator projection gives white nations a sense of supremacy over non-white nations closer to the equator.
Arno Peters 认为,通过扩欧洲和北美国家,墨卡托投影让国家对靠近赤道非国家产生了至高无上感觉。