It can't be "Black Bird".
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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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.
I’m offended that people of color were not offended previously!
Film at 11!
Whole state and federal laws might have to be modified as they list birds that might have these “racist” names. I expect there might be delays and push back as the governments might not be in a hurry to have whole laws changed and rewritten just for woke purposes!
So...Red-Winged African-American Bird? BIPOC-capped Chickadee?
He was a White Christian Man ...
What we're seeing here is Ethnic Cleansing, a precursor to Genocide.
Have no doubt about it: the goal of anti-White rhetoric, the purpose of "diversity, inclusion, and equity", is the extermination of White people. The DIE crowd intends to KILL YOU.
Plan accordingly.
Turdus migratorius.
NO. See my previous post.
The country is run by rabidly genocidal monsters.
Are colonizers Lewis and Clark included?
These aren't stupid people. They're EVIL people dedicated to the extermination of White people. The most appalling part is that they themselves are White.
I'm tempted to suggest that allowing women to assume positions of power and authority is just a bad idea ...
THIS!!!!
John Audubon owned slaves. Maybe the American Ornithological Society (named after colonizer Amerigo Vespucci, ultimately) is out to get them.
There is no such continuance. Those names, whatever they may be, were never considered "exclusionary and harmful" in the past. You made that sh!t up just last week.
Papa ooma mow mow, papa ooma mow mow, bird is the word
The Titmouse must be renamed because it makes reference to mouse tits which as we know are very very small. This name is offensive and humiliating to many small-breasted women.
I hope people keep a record of the real names after we throw these knot heads out of the country so we can change the names back.
They still gonna crap on your windshield
Me too.
But they keep winning because nobody ever tells them to STFU and f*** off.
I have two degrees in zoology. F*** THESE BASTARDS. I WILL NEVER CHANGE THEUR NAMES. THE BIRDBRAIMS AREN’T IN THE BIRDS.
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