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American birds and dozens more will be renamed, to remove human monikers
- daoboy 3y agoThis is silly. It is long past time to stop giving legitimacy to the offense industrial complex.
- starbase 3y agoWe're past the point of giving or withholding legitimacy. Many institutions are now under control of ideological zealots.
- underseacables 3y agoWho knew that you could go woke with birds.
- mikequinlan 3y agoAre they going to rename the Robin, to avoid associations with Sir Robin? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFdgjYoBMIg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFdgjYoBMIg
- oatmeal1 3y agoAs an amateur birder, I'm looking forward to names that are more descriptive.
- ClassyJacket 3y agoThen I'm changing my name to John Woodpecker.
- starbase 3y ago> injustice wasn't a traditionally accepted reason for changing bird names. That really started to change in 2020, when police officers killed George Floyd in Minneapolis. Good lord. > [Birdwatchers] may not feel very welcome if all the birds are named after these old European ornithologists. Why the focus on European names? If human names make birdwatchers feel unwelcome (is there any evidence of this?) surely the AOS voted to remove all human names, not just European ones. > AOS is planning a broader set of discussions with ornithologists and organizations in Latin America before proceeding with Latin American name changes. The fact that a "broader set of discussions" was not held before removing European names, but will be held before removing LatAm names, sheds light on the unspoken motivations and biases of those in power at the American Ornithological Society.
- underseacables 3y agoIt seems today that anything made by persons of European lineage is seen as somehow bad, and must be changed to remove the staining of whatever bad thing that has been attributed to them. When are we going to stop trying to "fix" history, and just study history as it is? This is just ridiculous.