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Bird Names Being Changed Over 'Racist' Ties Sparks Backlash
MSN.com ^ | November 2023 | Anna Skinner

Posted on 11/04/2023 4:28:57 PM PDT by Twotone

Social media users are pushing back after the American Ornithological Society (AOS) announced it would rename dozens of North American birds named for people.

The AOS said on Wednesday that it would rename all bird species in its jurisdiction that were named for people regardless of the name's history. The announcement came after birdwatchers have debated bird names for years, specifically ones that commemorate historical figures who committed acts of racism. The decision comes as numerous organizations reexamine landmarks, statues and other objects named for controversial figures.

"There is power in a name, and some English bird names have associations with the past that continue to be exclusionary and harmful today," AOS 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. Everyone who loves and cares about birds should be able to enjoy and study them freely—and birds need our help now more than ever."

AOS Executive Director and CEO Judith Scarl added that some bird names are clouded by racism and misogyny and don't benefit the organization.

Newsweek reached out to the AOS by email for comment.

The announcement has elicited pushback on social media as some people question the AOS' decision. Others went as far as calling the AOS woke. The word, a colloquialism that has emerged in recent years, is defined as "aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues [especially issues of racial and social justice]," according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: backlash; birdnames; racism; woke
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To: Twotone

Old Crow will now be called Hillary Clinton.
Loon will be Kamala Harris.
Pigeon will be American Taxpayer.
Vulture will the Soros.
Mallard will be the David McCallum.
Emu will be the Liberty Mutual.


21 posted on 11/04/2023 5:26:21 PM PDT by frank ballenger (“My job is to inform, not to convince.” St. Bernadette Soubirous )
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To: frank ballenger
What if this topic is named the top concern of Americans over inflation, fear of world war, loss of free speech and availability of Taylor Swift tickets?

The “topic” here is the erasure of American history. See my post #11.

So, yeah, it’s probably not as important as the availability of Taylor Swift tickets.

22 posted on 11/04/2023 5:26:46 PM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: ifinnegan

Exactly


23 posted on 11/04/2023 5:30:47 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: ifinnegan

Exactly


24 posted on 11/04/2023 5:31:13 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: Twotone

How many bird names are being affected? I bet I will always call them by their original names.


25 posted on 11/04/2023 5:32:46 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Twotone

Watch out, Jane Goodall! They’re coming for you next!


26 posted on 11/04/2023 5:41:06 PM PDT by hollywood (A FearBro/FluBro Mutt)
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To: FamiliarFace

Adam gave them their original names. Unfortunately he didn’t write them down.


27 posted on 11/04/2023 5:48:13 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: ifinnegan
"Cultural Revolution."

The USA is experiencing a pompous parade of pernicious pricks
thanks to babblin, bumblin' biden's puppetmaster(s).

28 posted on 11/04/2023 5:48:19 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Flâneur@Large)
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To: Twotone

Any women named birds to be renamed?

✖️


29 posted on 11/04/2023 5:53:52 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( See"War byc🙏🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite prayer warriors. 10.5.6.5)
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To: mikey_hates_everything
Comets and asteroids next?

Solar micronova...

30 posted on 11/04/2023 5:58:57 PM PDT by null and void (If you support monsters you will die in the cross fire.)
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To: Varsity Flight
Any women named birds to be renamed?

Maybe. Anna’s Hummingbird and Lucy’s Warbler immediately come to mind. We’ll see how far this woke stupidity goes…

31 posted on 11/04/2023 5:59:46 PM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: frank ballenger
Mallard will be the David McCallum.

They would stoop [Napoleon] So[lo]?

32 posted on 11/04/2023 6:02:23 PM PDT by null and void (If you support monsters you will die in the cross fire.)
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To: gundog

Clever!


33 posted on 11/04/2023 6:02:44 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Obadiah

That’s a coming. Unless we push back against this craziness.


34 posted on 11/04/2023 6:03:32 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: null and void

Indeed.👍


35 posted on 11/04/2023 6:05:17 PM PDT by frank ballenger (“My job is to inform, not to convince.” St. Bernadette Soubirous )
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To: Twotone

No, Anna, that is not how “woke” is defined. Just because a. lunch of woke Sobs own Webster’s now doesn’t mean you get to define words your way.


36 posted on 11/04/2023 6:19:58 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Twotone

Colleen and Judith,
same as XIX error

-fJRoberts-


37 posted on 11/04/2023 6:26:45 PM PDT by A strike (Words can have gender, humans cannot.)
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To: Twotone

Leftwing loons and boobies.


38 posted on 11/04/2023 6:27:09 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
The little porkers who wanted to “change da wurl”

Those little porkers are 100% college graduates. The colleges and universities are destroying this country....

39 posted on 11/04/2023 6:30:07 PM PDT by eeriegeno (Checks and balances??? What checks and balances?)
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To: KingLudd
Don’t forget those Penduline Tits!


IMG-4689

40 posted on 11/04/2023 6:42:11 PM PDT by CapandBall
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