Wow, what an unfortunate name. I'm not even American and I recognized the problem immediately. I'm sure I've heard the slur used in movies (Forrest Gump, maybe

Wow, what an unfortunate name. I'm not even American and I recognized the problem immediately. I'm sure I've heard the slur used in movies (Forrest Gump, maybe?) After reading parts of the thread, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that they didn't know the connotations of the name. Yet, they will save themselves a lot of trouble if they just rename the project. Trying to defend the name on the grounds that they didn't know and that it is a slur that fell out of fashion in the 70's will not help them. Even if it is the best tool of its kind, I still wouldn't want to use it with a name like that, if just to avoid embarrassment when talking to my colleagues.