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NullTuples

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27. Be nicer to let the name fade into obscurity by not repeating it.

Reply to MicaelS (Reply #26)

Fri Jan 13, 2023, 04:33 PM

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US renames 5 places that used racist slur for a Native woman [View all] Omaha Steve Jan 2023 OP

Good. COL Mustard Jan 2023 #1

I served aboard a US Naval vessel that was named for a traitor EYESORE 9001 Jan 2023 #2

White folks in Dixie generally have no idea how offensive that is Warpy Jan 2023 #23

Be nice if you gave us a clue. n/t MicaelS Jan 2023 #26

Be nicer to let the name fade into obscurity by not repeating it. NullTuples Jan 2023 #27

TMI EYESORE 9001 Jan 2023 #32

Thank you Secretary Haaland dlk Jan 2023 #3

Squaw Lake, MN, is keeping its name frogmarch Jan 2023 #4

Thank you, Sec. Haaland, and the rest of the Biden-Harris administration. niyad Jan 2023 #5

Lots of Western-themed movies and TV shows where that word was routinely used. Paladin Jan 2023 #6

Can you elaborate on the racist meaning behind the term? robbob Jan 2023 #13

What about Squaw Valley CountAllVotes Jan 2023 #7

The ski resort changed their name in 2021 The Mouth Jan 2023 #9

You would never know that CountAllVotes Jan 2023 #12

You're welcome The Mouth Jan 2023 #28

They changed the name to Palisades Tahoe. LeftInTX Jan 2023 #16

I'm glad they did that, I was unaware of it, not being a skier. Warpy Jan 2023 #25

Squaw Valley in central CA Bayard Jan 2023 #17

It's still there. The name does not get changed by the federal government. vanlassie Jan 2023 #35

No kidding? Bayard Jan 2023 #36

I honestly never knew that was pejorative against native women. Gore1FL Jan 2023 #8

It is crude and insulting CountAllVotes Jan 2023 #11

In almost 57 years, today is when I learned all of this. Gore1FL Jan 2023 #29

Neither did I CountAllVotes Jan 2023 #30

That's the accepted wisdom. Igel Jan 2023 #31

Wow, 2004... XorXor Jan 2023 #33

Can't we use the word vagina? I thought we are supposed to use the term. LakeArenal Jan 2023 #34

Same here. XorXor Jan 2023 #15

would love to be the sign maker and business card printer in those places dembotoz Jan 2023 #10

I didn't know that was considered an offensive word until recently XorXor Jan 2023 #14

Well now you know CountAllVotes Jan 2023 #18

Our culture is evolving as people learn more from each other IronLionZion Jan 2023 #19

I never gave it much thought as to what it meant XorXor Jan 2023 #22

I didn't know either, but this claims every tribe in the US and Canada views it as derogatory IronLionZion Jan 2023 #24

Excerpt... hippywife Jan 2023 #20

Good. jeffreyi Jan 2023 #21

Good ck4829 Jan 2023 #37