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Apache Foundation faces name opposition from American Indian activists
- prirun 4y agoWhile we're at it, when are we going to ban the words white and black from everyday use? They are obviously racist.
- luckylion 4y agoWe already have, they're now 'allow' and 'deny'. I drink my coffee denied, what do you prefer?
- bell-cot 4y ago> The group, Natives in Tech, is calling on the Apache Foundation to change its name Looking at that group's own post - they acknowledge 8 specific Native American tribes bearing the name "Apache", in one form or another. Natives in Tech demands that The Apache Foundation change its name. Nowhere do I see any hint of either (1) anyone involved in this story, including the reporters, actually asking any of those 8 Native American tribes how they felt about The Apache Foundation's use of their name, nor (2) any hint that the Natives in Tech group was in any way authorized by any of those 8 Native American tribes, to speak on their behalf. Oh, by the way. I am a white European, who speaks a smattering of Spanish. On behalf of the people of Spain, I Hereby Demand that the City of New Madrid, Missouri change it's name, because I Am Offended by their appropriation of the name and heritage of the genuine and native peoples of Madrid, and of all of Spain. I Demand that the governments of Missouri and the self-styled "New Madrid" immediately... [blah blah blah]