Renaming Squaw
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) proposed a list of new names for more than 660 geographic features across the country last month.
Led by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, the first Native American to serve as cabinet secretary, the February 2022 release of the list marks the next step in a sweeping plan to remove the racist and misogynist slur “squaw” from the national geographic landscape. Hundreds of U.S. geographic sites, including mountains, rivers, lakes, remote islands and more, currently are named using the word.
Every politician has priorities. Some of those priorities benefit the masses. Others are much more focused in nature -- oftentimes, very personal in nature.
Where does the "squaw" topic fit?
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Based on what I've read, "squaw" is viewed by a majority of American Indians as a derogatory / offensive / racist term meaning "lady parts".
If that is truly the case, then yes, there is absolutely a need to rename those 660 geographic features.
Same thing would apply if there were hills, ridges and mesas named with the nasty n****r word that was used as a derogatory term for African-Americans.
Be sure to read this:
http://www.native-languages.org/iaq5.htm
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
