These Are the Most Controversial Geographic Names
24/7 Wall St.In recent years the United States government has begun renaming geographic sites and military bases that have problematic names. Some of these reference divisive historical figures, such as slave-owning Confederates, and others use terms considered derogatory toward certain people groups. For example, the U.S. Department of the Interior declared the word “squaw” as derogatory to […]
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