*OK, you may have never thought anything having to do with birds would in any way contribute to claims of racism, but once again you’d be wrong. And Swedes are so not wanting this to be the case, and was so shocked by the number of claims of racism they received following the recent publishing of their global list of names given to birds that they formally changed names that were considered racially insensitive to certain groups.
For example, the name “gypsy bird,” was given to one species; while another, a black bird, was named “negro.” Now in all fairness, Black in the Spanish language was always “Negro” but when another bird species went so far as to carry the name “kaffer,” a term used by whites against blacks in apartheid South Africa…
Well, apparently, ‘dem’s’ fightin’ words…
Read more at EURThisNthat.
We Publish News 24/7. Don’t Miss A Story. Click HERE to SUBSCRIBE to Our Newsletter Now!
