News, Negro Head Creek' still being used despite name change (Iraq, March)
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MONROE, N.C., May 6 (UPI) -- A woman who fought to change the name of North Carolina's Negro Head Creek in the 1980s said she was disappointed to find the old name still being used.
Bea Colson led the fight to rename the creek -- which was named in the 1700s and commonly became known in the 1900s by an even more derogatory term also starting with "n" -- to Salem Head Creek and the change was made official by Union County commissioners in 1985.
I don't see the controversy. People will always use an old name...even if you think its offensive.
Besides given all the maps and lists with a name that persists since the 1700s, how much would it cost the taxpayer to change that?
Especially if the name was Negro Head (which is just the name for black)...the other name I would be surprised if that was ever officially used in any government document.
MONROE, N.C., May 6 (UPI) -- A woman who fought to change the name of North Carolina's Negro Head Creek in the 1980s said she was disappointed to find the old name still being used.
Bea Colson led the fight to rename the creek -- which was named in the 1700s and commonly became known in the 1900s by an even more derogatory term also starting with "n" -- to Salem Head Creek and the change was made official by Union County commissioners in 1985.
There are all kinds of derogatory names, at least they are derogatory in today's world. I submit the Washington Redskins. And then there were the St. John's Redmen, who recently changed their name to the Red Storm following political correct pressure. But alas, the school's football team were dubbed the Redmen in the 1920s after they took the field dressed in entirely red uniforms, having nothing to do with Native Americans. Oddly, a student body "war whoop" came into existence a few years later, followed by the dubious acquisition of a cigar store Indian as an unofficial mascot, all now pretty much gone. Political correctness is tricky.
The name of a peak near downtown Phoenix was renamed because of Native American outrage. It was called Squaw Peak and is now called something else. I kinda get the outrage but then again I don't. If that makes any sense.
The name of a peak near downtown Phoenix was renamed because of Native American outrage. It was called Squaw Peak and is now called something else. I kinda get the outrage but then again I don't. If that makes any sense.
Ever heard of "Irish Lace"? It's just as stupid to be "offended" about that.
The name of a peak near downtown Phoenix was renamed because of Native American outrage. It was called Squaw Peak and is now called something else. I kinda get the outrage but then again I don't. If that makes any sense.
Ummm... It's now called Piestewa Peak.
It's named after Lori Piestewa who was the first Native American woman to die in combat while serving in the U.S. military. She was also the first American woman to be killed in action in the Iraq war.
Read and learn. And if you see it think of her. She died on March 23, 2003 and left behind two children. And she was Hopi.
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