Many insect, animal names are racist, scholars say — so it's time for a change

It was always disappointing to me that George Carlin never said, "I've seen me lots of cockroaches in my life but what I always wanted to see was a *untroach."

 

I disagree. If I lived in Germany, where Holocaust originated, or in Ukraine, where Jews were subject to Pogroms, I would also see anti-Semitism everywhere and I would be afraid.

In USA, the noose symbolizes Lynching of African Americans. In Ukraine, the noose symbolizes Stepan Bendera's forces who executed Jews during Holocaust.

 

Some people in Poland use the word prussak. It is unfair to modern Germans, but during WWII many Polish civilians were killed and enslaved by the Nazis.

 

"In USA, the noose symbolizes Lynching of African Americans."

Says who?

 

You have to bring up an example of obvious racism in order to make your point while ignoring the example of so called racism given in the OP.

No one is saying racism doesn't exist in the US. But demanding that we rename thousands of animals because of racism is stretching it to the extremes. Calling math racist is taking it to the extremes. Calling milk racist is taking it to the extremes. Calling time racist is taking it to the extremes.

And the sad thing is those are just a few examples of extremism that has been touted as of late.

 

I do not know. I prefer not to judge African American people for their reaction to racism and perceived racism.

I guess if I lived in Germany or Ukraine, I would have seen anti-Semitism everywhere.

 

I don't care what skin color a person has. Extreme reactions should never be given any ground and should be ridiculed.