Racism, misogyny prompt American Ornithological Society renaming of birds - UPI.com
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The American Ornithological Society said Wednesday it will change all English bird names currently named after people. AOS said it's being done to change naming conventions clouded by racism and misogyny.
  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    2·
    1 year ago

    You could have also picked the dude that desecrated indigenous graves to do phrenology.

    Edit: Jesus Christ you left out that this dude was a literal colonizer in New Zealand. He was an officer in a militia during the New Zealand Wars.

    He was also a committee member of The New Zealand Company, which existed to systemically colonize New Zealand.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Swainson#New_Zealand_estate

    So maybe it is slightly misleading to say he was labeled racist for being “antagonistic”??

    • infinitepcg@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Admittedly, I only checked this one article. I think it’s hard to judge how evil he really was. Either way, not a hill I’m going to die on.