Yes our linguistic habits reveal and betray our colonial mindsets, but they are often a short hand. What would you suggest as alternative phrases for "underrepresented" or "underserved" populations? Those whom the system or elites have deprived of their voices, opportunities or votes? I think we would need complete sentence. I have been thinking about the language used to describe refugees, for the same reason. https://annekehc.medium.com/swarms-floods-invasions-and-infestations-7f23e0c043d2