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Amid Confederate flag scrutiny, Utah reconsiders canyon name
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Posted on 08/02/2015 12:20:40 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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The "Colored People" group wants the name changed to be updated?
To: TigerClaws
Around where I live, there was a creek that used to be known up through the 1960s as “Nigger Creek”. It was called that because if you followed it downstream, it led you to Nigger Cemetery.
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posted on
08/02/2015 12:26:57 AM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(SECEDE TEXAS!! If not now, when?)
To: TigerClaws
LOL....These morons crack me up.
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posted on
08/02/2015 12:31:34 AM PDT
by
Gator113
(~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
To: TigerClaws
Typical communists. Trying to erase history while living as the white man’s parasite.
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posted on
08/02/2015 12:36:41 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
To: TigerClaws
I’ve been to the area several times. The name has already been changed once. I hope Utah doesn’t fold.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_Bill_Canyon
Negro Bill Canyon (called Nigger Bill Canyon from the late 19th century until the 1960s) is a canyon in southeast Utah. It is part of the Colorado River watershed. Its stream flows directly into the main channel of the Colorado River within Moab Canyon.
To: TigerClaws
Black Cowboy anyone?
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posted on
08/02/2015 12:38:15 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: TigerClaws
History is being denigrated.
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posted on
08/02/2015 12:38:43 AM PDT
by
jonrick46
(The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
To: TigerClaws
Change it to White Privilage Canyon
To: BubbaJunebug
There be A LOT of white folks in Utah.
To: TigerClaws
Is the white equivalent “Cracker Jack Canyon”?
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posted on
08/02/2015 12:42:44 AM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
("How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!"- Samuel Adams)
To: TigerClaws
To: TigerClaws
Just WOW. I am convinced that the NAACP has appointed a committee to look into all the names of every park, street, urinal, etc. to see if it can find something "offensive" and stir up some trouble. What, they have to prove they are earning their dues money? First, they could start with their own name. Then, they can do the world a favor and just shut the heck up. We have Iran, we have unemployment, we have illegal immigrants, we are being taxed to death, and these morons can't think of anything better to do with their time than stir up trouble over things that aren't causing trouble. How many blacks have been tossing and turning in their sleep because this canyon has "negro" in its name? And then, when the cowardly state legislature caves in to this, will the black rhino, Black Forest, black widow, etc. have to change their names?
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posted on
08/02/2015 12:48:10 AM PDT
by
EinNYC
To: TigerClaws
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posted on
08/02/2015 12:49:13 AM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: TigerClaws
Not all blacks in favour of the name change:
http://www.timesargus.com/article/20150731/NEWS04/707319925
But Jeanetta Williams, president of the Salt Lake City chapter of the NAACP, says the name isnt offensive. Shes drumming up support to keep the name that makes it clear the canyon is named for a black historical figure.
We dont want to lose the history, she said. Shed like to see the council tackle other issues facing black residents instead, like housing discrimination. Though her group supported changing the name from a more derogatory word decades ago, theyve opposed other efforts over the years to make a wholesale revision.
To: TigerClaws
Person of Color Bill Canyon.
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posted on
08/02/2015 12:52:42 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Falcon 105)
To: beaversmom
Maryland changed one place to Negro Mountain and another to Polish Mountain.
Theys must be in a quandary ‘bout what’n to do next.
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posted on
08/02/2015 12:54:31 AM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: TigerClaws
Change it to Cracker Canyon
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posted on
08/02/2015 1:21:34 AM PDT
by
TYVets
To: jonrick46
That’s funny right there!
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posted on
08/02/2015 1:32:59 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: TigerClaws
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posted on
08/02/2015 1:54:55 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
To: hosepipe
All I want to know is Roy Rogers still *King of the Cowboys*?
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posted on
08/02/2015 1:56:35 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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