Re: [cayugabirds-l] Not the birds please

[Maryfaith Miller]

This is a huge list, with lots of different people on it. It is so
unprofessional to use it to soapbox your personal political bent. I hope I
never read another email like that on here again.
Maryfaith

On Sat, Jun 5, 2021, 5:26 PM Carl Steckler  wrote:

> First it was statues, then military bases.
> Now the target of the woke crowd are birds.
> The American Ornithological Society is thinking about changing the names
> of some birds because they have a past that some call racist.
>
> Common people there is no room for political correctness in bird watching,
>
> Or did I just miss the memo?
>
> Please don’t let this hysteria ruin our hobby.
>
> There may be scientific reasons to change the name but unit for political
> reasons.
>
> Birding is and should be open and available to every person, period.
> What is next, ABA verses Audubon?
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Not the birds please

[Robin Cisne]

What names are you referring to?  It's my understanding that what we used
to call an Oldsquaw is now properly called a Long-Tailed Duck.  Are there
other birds whose names are being changed?  The quotation below is from
Wikipedia, but similar commentaries are found in other references:

"The English word *squaw* is an ethnic and sexual slur
,[1]
[2]
[3]
 historically used
for Indigenous North American
 women.[4]
 Contemporary use
of the term, especially by non-Natives, is considered offensive, derogatory
, misogynist
 and racist
.[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]


The word is not used among Native American
, First
Nations , Inuit
, or Métis
 peoples."


Surely ornithologists and amateur birders alike don't wish to perpetuate
ignorant and disparaging slurs.





On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 5:26 PM Carl Steckler  wrote:

> First it was statues, then military bases.
> Now the target of the woke crowd are birds.
> The American Ornithological Society is thinking about changing the names
> of some birds because they have a past that some call racist.
>
> Common people there is no room for political correctness in bird watching,
>
> Or did I just miss the memo?
>
> Please don’t let this hysteria ruin our hobby.
>
> There may be scientific reasons to change the name but unit for political
> reasons.
>
> Birding is and should be open and available to every person, period.
> What is next, ABA verses Audubon?
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