Coon Rapids group wants a vote on changing city s name
Coon Rapids name is derived from Coon Creek, where landowners in the early 1800s hunted an abundance of raccoons for pelts, according to the city s website. But the name also includes a racial slur. The Jim Crow Museum at Michigan s Ferris State University describes coon as a stock character in minstrel performances and the most blatantly degrading of all Black stereotypes.
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Kim Hyatt / Minneapolis Star Tribune | 9:38 am, Feb. 9, 2021 ×
Coon Rapids, a Minneapolis suburb, is named after Coon Creek, where landowners in the early 1800s hunted an abundance of raccoons for pelts, but the name also includes a racial slur. (Aaron Lavinsky / Minneapolis Star Tribune / TNS)
Coon Rapids group wants a vote on changing city s name
Coon Rapids name is derived from Coon Creek, where landowners in the early 1800s hunted an abundance of raccoons for pelts, according to the city s website. But the name also includes a racial slur. The Jim Crow Museum at Michigan s Ferris State University describes coon as a stock character in minstrel performances and the most blatantly degrading of all Black stereotypes.
Written By:
Kim Hyatt / Minneapolis Star Tribune | 9:38 am, Feb. 9, 2021 ×
Coon Rapids, a Minneapolis suburb, is named after Coon Creek, where landowners in the early 1800s hunted an abundance of raccoons for pelts, but the name also includes a racial slur. (Aaron Lavinsky / Minneapolis Star Tribune / TNS)