Offensive names dot the American street map − a new app provides a way to track them. Really!

This is dangerous modern, 21st century inquisition all over again! Disgusting! This is pure fanaticism!

History may not repeat itself, but ignorant, dangerous fools and useful idiots sure know how to rhyme!

This piece of junk journalism was written by three apparently white professors (two Americans)!

Caveat: I did not read the whole article.

The article starts with:

"The racially motivated tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, when a white supremacist murdered nine Black worshippers, and the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, two years later compelled Americans to confront the role played by memorials, monuments and other symbols in glorifying racist ideologies.

George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer in 2020 only lent urgency to that challenge. ..."

The article goes on:

"... Some names perpetuate demeaning slurs and stereotypes against people of color. Others honor historical figures linked to racism and colonization. This movement is what we geographers call America’s “renaming moment.” ..."

Offensive names dot the American street map − a new app provides a way to track them