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  • Jon Stewart’s Guide to the 100 Other Places in the U.S. Named ‘Niggerhead’

    10/04/2011 9:37:40 PM PDT · by lbryce · 43 replies
    Gawker ^ | October 4, 2011 | Matt Cherette
    The revelation yesterday that a West Texas hunting camp used by the family of Rick Perry was named "Niggerhead" drew widespread outrage. The name is terribly offensive, of course, but is it also rare? That was the question on Jon Stewart's mind tonight during a Daily Show segment featuring Wyatt Cenac "on location" near New York's recently renamed "Nigger Lake." Related: New York State Gets Around to Renaming "Nigger Lake"
  • Rick Perry’s Texas hunting spot's racially charged name lingered. [Wabbit season! Troll season!]

    10/02/2011 8:14:14 AM PDT · by Staff Of Moses · 208 replies
    washingtonpost ^ | Oct 1 2011
    Paint Creek, Tex. — In the early years of his political career, Rick Perry began hosting fellow lawmakers, friends and supporters at his family’s secluded West Texas hunting camp, a place known by the name painted in block letters across a large, flat rock standing upright at its gated entrance. “Niggerhead,” it read.The name of this particular parcel did not change for years after it became associated with Rick Perry, first as a private citizen, then as a state official and finally as Texas governor.