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The Texas House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution on Monday urging the federal government to step in and approve changes to offensive names of places in the state.
At least 25 places in Texas have the word “Negro” in their names, according to U.S. Board on Geographic Names . This excludes the use of the term when it refers to the Spanish word for the color Black.
“The word Negro is derivative of [the N word], which is a very offensive word to people of color,” said Democratic Sen. Borris Miles, who wrote the resolution.
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Concurrent resolution 29, which was passed in the House by a vote of 146-0 on May 24, expresses “commitment to eliminating racially offensive place names,” and urges the board to approve name changes.
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Negrohead Lake near Houston may finally see its name officially changed amid America s racism reckoning
Negrohead Lake near Houston may finally see its name officially changed amid America s racism reckoning
Houston (AFP) - Racist and offensive Texas place names are holdovers from a dark past, but they are poised to finally change as a reckoning on how white America treats Black people washes over the United States.
Though state lawmakers sought to officially rename a series of features in 1991, that change was stymied, and decades later places like Negrohead Lake or Negro Creek still carry their derogatory monikers.
Yet the murder last year of African American George Floyd under a white police officer s knee has brought new impetus to confronting racism, including place names or statues honoring Confederate war generals.