Offensive place names. In this day and age I can't believe they are still named as such!

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Offensive place names. I this day and age I can't believe they are still named as such!

I saw the post below from the discussion that has now been locked. Wow! I didn't even know about this place. We're in the 21st century and there are still places named like this. What's wrong with Australia?????

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@rogespeed wrote:
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I suppose they will want to change Mount Niggerhead's name next.

https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Coon-cheese-s-name-to-be-changed-over-racism-conce...

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So I did a search on  the Internet and this came up.

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An Aboriginal group plans to sue the Victorian Government for ignoring its heritage in the renaming of Mt Niggerhead, a mountain in the Alpine National Park.

November 17, 2008 — 11.02am

For decades, the 1846-metre Mount Niggerhead in the state's north-east has been at the centre of a heated debate about its name.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/aboriginal-group-outraged-over-naming-of-mountain-20081117-68gq.html

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Why Niggerhead Rock and Suicide Bay need Tasmanian Aboriginal names

By Rhiannon Shine

Posted SatSaturday 6 MayMay 2017 at 11:58am, updated SatSaturday 6 MayMay 2017 at 2:57pm

 

Niggerhead Rock 'pretty damn offensive'

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-06/offensive-tasmanian-place-names-replaced-with-aboriginal-word...

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**bleep** Head Facts for Kids - Kiddle encyclopedia

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May 22, 2020 - **bleep** Head is a small island in the northern part of Shelburne Bay in far north Queensland, Australia about 30 km north of Cape Grenville, ...

https://kids.kiddle.co/Nigger_Head

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So there are three places in Australia with this name. Again, this is 2020, something very wrong with our history and society. Very wrong. If they can bring Uluru back, then why not get rid of these disgusting names? They were named in a time when the people who had the power to name them as such because certain races were deemed to be inferior.

I haven't had a look at all of them to see if any of the names have been changed. I hope one has.

BTW: Kudos to Mr. Hagan for getting the offensive  name of that sports oval changed.

[icyfroth]

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@ambercat16 wrote:

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@*kazumi* wrote:

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The problem is when the word is used as an insult, which it was in the past, but from going to various American forums, the American Africans describe themselves as black.  I personally think describing them as "American Africans" should be offensive; most lived in the USA for longer than many migrants from Europe, yet nobody says "European Americans", and there are some who think that black people should be sent back to Africa.

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I think they say "African Americans" rather than "American Africans".  Seems like only a small difference but it puts quite a different meaning on the phrase.

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 "African Americans" rather than "American Africans".  

[rogespeed]

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@*kazumi* wrote:

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@springyzone wrote:

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Since negro is widely taken as offensive now, maybe a word from one of the European languages could be adopted.

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Negro means black in Spanish.  It's the name of the colour.  If you buy set of colour pencils, the black ones will have NEGRO written on them.  The word, used to describe colour in any language should not be considered offensive.  No country should be expected to change perfectly inoffensive word.  The problem is when the word is used as an insult, which it was in the past, but from going to various American forums, the American Africans describe themselves as black.  I personally think describing them as "American Africans" should be offensive; most lived in the USA for longer than many migrants from Europe, yet nobody says "European Americans", and there are some who think that black people should be sent back to Africa.

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Liberia awaits for malcontents ... 

[icyfroth]

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@rogespeed wrote:

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@*kazumi* wrote:

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@springyzone wrote:

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Since negro is widely taken as offensive now, maybe a word from one of the European languages could be adopted.

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Negro means black in Spanish.  It's the name of the colour.  If you buy set of colour pencils, the black ones will have NEGRO written on them.  The word, used to describe colour in any language should not be considered offensive.  No country should be expected to change perfectly inoffensive word.  The problem is when the word is used as an insult, which it was in the past, but from going to various American forums, the American Africans describe themselves as black.  I personally think describing them as "American Africans" should be offensive; most lived in the USA for longer than many migrants from Europe, yet nobody says "European Americans", and there are some who think that black people should be sent back to Africa.

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Liberia awaits for malcontents ... 

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People tend to find offense where they look for it.

"negro" is the latin for "black".

No more,no less.

I don't see why being  labelled "black" should be seen to be derogatory. As against being labelled "white", for instance.

[bright.ton42]

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@lyhargr_0 wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

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My Italian-born Daugher-in-law in England  thought she'd invite her new (black)  neighbours in for coffee. They had a little boy that would have made a good playmate for her little boy (my youngest grandson). 

This is her story.

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They sound like the kinda people she wouldnt want to be friends with, totally up themselves 

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Ly you took the words right out of my mouth. These ppl were ill-mannered and ignorant and Icy's DIL obviously meant nothing when asking black or white and was being polite and   plain nice.     imo black people who behave like that, i.e. righteous and entitled and creating issues when there are none,  , do nothing for their cause.  Same for white people.  Courtesy has no colour in my books.  .    

[domino-710]

Wrong :

Latin for black - nigreos, niger, ater, furvus.

[imastawka]

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@domino-710 wrote:

Wrong :

Latin for black - nigreos, niger, ater, furvus.

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Which is where the 'offensive' word comes from

[lionrose.7]

Heck I dont care what colour they are they are all Americans, been there longer then most Italians and much longer them Trumps wife  LOL

[myoclon1cjerk]

And much longer than honkies and ofays in Oz. 🙂

[4channel]

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@icyfroth wrote:

People tend to find offense where they look for it.

"negro" is the latin for "black".

No more,no less.

I don't see why being labelled "black" should be seen to be derogatory. As against being labelled "white", for instance.

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Yes, people just want to find something offensive when there's no real offense intended. Still, I think something wrong centuries and centuries ago has persisted. Calling Africans black is an incorrect generic description, Definitely an incorrect term. Many Africans are not black. Africans range from light brown to dark, almost ebony. There are Sri Lankans and  Indians that are much darker in complexion than Africans. Look at Nelson Mandela, he's hardly what one would call black. Neither was Bishop Abel Muzorewa or is the much loved Bishop Desmond Tutu.

What makes it all the more harder is some folk want to call themselves black and some folk don't. Whatever people want to call themselves is fine with me.

Anyway getting rid of the worst examples of place names that have the N word in their title is a big step in the right direction. And to those who want to change the description of coffee will just have to accept that black and white coffee is nothing to do with people, it just a drink.

[lionrose.7]

Aces and Eights, called dead mans hand freaky, think someone got shot with that hand