Worries over racism, waterways inspire push to rename fish

AP ^ | 14 Jul 2021 | John Flesher

[blueplum]

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) —

Minnesota state Sen. Foung Hawj was never a fan of the “Asian carp” label commonly applied to four imported fish species that are wreaking havoc in the U.S. heartland, infesting numerous rivers and bearing down on the Great Lakes.

But the last straw came when an Asian business delegation arriving at the Minneapolis airport encountered a sign reading “Kill Asian Carp.” It was a well-intentioned plea to prevent spread of the invasive fish. But the message was off-putting to the visitors...

“We wanted to move away from any terms that cast Asian culture and people in a negative light,” said Charlie Wooley, director of its Great Lakes regional office....

[Verginius Rufus]

East Asians are guilty of cultural appropriation. The term Asia originally just meant an area in western Asia Minor (found as Assuwa in Hittite records before 1200 B.C.). The Romans had a province called Asia in that area.

See Acts 2.9-10: "Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia" are all in modern-day Turkey.

So the whiners need to find another label for themselves.

[HandyDandy]

How would you feel going though life being known as a dung beetle?