Offensive language officially removed from geographical sites.

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Sep 21, 2022

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Following up on my article, Naming buildings . . . I want to send this special news announcement to my paid subscribers.

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I am driving through my own neighborhood and glance at the green street sign for “Sq—w Drive”, and I cringe. How could so many people be so unaware of a racial slur or are they just coldly indifferent to the harm it causes? I like to think it is the former…

3 years ago · 1 like · 1 comment · Prof. Victoria Sutton

A press release from Dept of Interior, Sept 8, 2022, announced that the derogatory term Sq___ has been removed from 650 sites and replaced with new names. These are federal sites and names, only. The press release is below, as well as …

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