Posted on 11/01/2023 11:26:55 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
The American Ornithological Society says it will alter the names of North American birds named after humans, starting with up to 80 of them
After two years of discussion and debate, the nation’s premier birding organization has decided that birds should not have human names.
The American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday that it will remove names given to North American birds in honor of people and replace them with monikers that better describe their plumage and other characteristics. The group said it will prioritize birds whose names trace to enslavers, white supremacists and robbers of Indigenous graves. Among them is one of the most famous birders in U.S. history, John James Audubon.
“There is power in a name, and some English bird names have associations with the past that continue to be exclusionary and harmful today,” the society’s president, Colleen Handel, said in a statement. “We need a much more inclusive and engaging scientific process that focuses attention on the unique features and beauty of the birds themselves.”
Sometime next year, the society is expected to appoint a committee to explore up to 80 new names. The move, at an organization known for its reluctance to rename birds, was surprising even to the activists within the group who requested it after a White woman in Central Park falsely accused a Black birder of assault in 2020. In a racial reckoning that shook the field of ornithology, the activists, most of them White, argued that the names of some birds were offensive to people of color.
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The left is trying to eradicate anything that connects us to our past and gives our culture identity.
This is STUPID!!!
“AOS is made up of morons. Where do these people come from?”
They have been around forever, they just weren’t as vocal. Why, you ask.
Many reasons, but one big one is “SHAME”. The absence of shame.
Used to be because of “shame” these morons would be afraid of being shamed by others for their goofy, abnormal ideas. So they would keep quiet.
Now, EVERYTHING is okay! EVERYTHING gets a pass. You can’t shame/ridicule ANYONE or you are that type of “phobe”.
They use “inclusive” as a club to keep you in line. How DARE you criticize my weird destructive, harmful to society, actions!
Can’t we all just get along?
Dear Lord, please make this crap stop!
There goes Foghorn Leghorn and any big rooster that is black, if you know what I mean.
Thought it was the Bee
Doesn’t matter what you call them, the birds still won’t answer when you do.
Robin?
= = =
It ain’t Robin if you are desparite for food (or cigs or beer).
They will always be gypsy moths to me.
Insanity. And not the good kind.
Robinette = small Robin?
“ the activists, most of them White, argued that the names of some birds were offensive to people of color.”
Idiots. What do liberal white activists think is NOT offensive to “people of color”?
Some people have to much free time on their hands.
5.56mm
Maybe change "Rob-in" to "Dindunuff-in'"
The only issue i can see is that many state and federal laws and documents list the names of birds in terms or environmental protections and controls. If this Private organization wants to change names, I don’t think they have the right or the power to just do so and expect state and federal governments to just change a whole lot of legislations willy nilly just because some private group snaps their fingers!
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