Talk:Diaspora politics

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I feel that text like "To understand x, one must first understand y" isn't the right tone for an encyclopedia article. It feels like the text is written to opiniate people. Could a different approach be used? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.71.110.7 (talk) 16:25, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]