Since We’re Just Throwing The Word Around…

As a fellow native Texan who now lives in the northeast, I agree with Wyatt’s statement that there is racism all over the country, not just in “the South”.

My great home state of Florida also has a place called Negrotown Knoll. I believe the place is pretty much abandoned now but that didn’t stop Google Maps from listing it anyway.

My great home state of Florida also has a place called Negrotown Knoll. I believe the place is pretty much abandoned now but that didn’t stop Google Maps from listing it anyway.

You must not read here very often – we use fuck way, way more than any other term. If I forgot to put quotes around both, it’s because I was typing it on a bus.

There are a lot of place names that are not as obvious, as well.  Recently in my city, there was a big debate about whether or not to rename large sections of town.  The founder they were named after, it had been revealed to the white community by a local paper, was an early member of the KKK who may have benefited from the worst race riot in American history at the expense of affluent black people: http://thislandpress.com/09/01/2011/tate-brady-battle-greenwood/ I doubt the places that have been named after him will be renamed, but it makes me wonder how many other places have seemingly innocuous names that, when traced historically, honor the lives and actions of racists and bigots.

There are a lot of place names that are not as obvious, as well.  Recently in my city, there was a big debate about whether or not to rename large sections of town.  The founder they were named after, it had been revealed to the white community by a local paper, was an early member of the KKK who may have benefited from the worst race riot in American history at the expense of affluent black people: http://thislandpress.com/09/01/2011/tate-brady-battle-greenwood/ I doubt the places that have been named after him will be renamed, but it makes me wonder how many other places have seemingly innocuous names that, when traced historically, honor the lives and actions of racists and bigots.

There are a lot of place names that are not as obvious, as well.  Recently in my city, there was a big debate about whether or not to rename large sections of town.  The founder they were named after, it had been revealed to the white community by a local paper, was an early member of the KKK who may have benefited from the worst race riot in American history at the expense of affluent black people: http://thislandpress.com/09/01/2011/tate-brady-battle-greenwood/ I doubt the places that have been named after him will be renamed, but it makes me wonder how many other places have seemingly innocuous names that, when traced historically, honor the lives and actions of racists and bigots.

LOL – happens all the time.

I used to know someone who lived in Oregon who used to have this favorite trail to go hiking. The name of the place? “N**ger Tom Mountain.” Actually, it had recently been changed to “Black Tom Mountain.” But still…fucked up.