/----/ I call on Canada to rename itself Git’r Done. Cultural appropriation is the inappropriate or unacknowledged adoption of an element or elements of one culture or identity by members of another culture or identity. Some French guy, Jacques Cartier, used his White Privilege and appropriated an Iroquoian word kanata, in 1535 to describe the land around the St Lawrence River. How very White of him.Burke, Virginia, is named after an enslaver. A journalist wants to change that
David Martosko discovered Silas Burke enslaved a six-year-old named Fenton and suggests name change to honor him insteadwww.theguardian.com
A former reporter has launched a campaign to rename his Virginia hometown, Burke, to stop the commemoration of an enslaver and instead honor a child he enslaved, a six-year-old boy named Fenton.
This seems to be a noble aim. We should not be celebrating the lives of awful people. At the very least the residents should have a vote to decide what they want.
Many countries have shaken off a dark past. Bombay is now Mumbai and Delhi is now Channai. Maybe Burke would be better as Fenton ? Or any other non slavery name.
Do it now.