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A corporation does the right thing!

mrjurrs said:
I rarely shout the praises of corporate America. Having said that, huge kudos to the newly renamed Palisades Tahoe. Squaw Valley Ski Resort is no longer! Welcome Palisades Tahoe.

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I saw that last night. It's a beautiful resort. Been there a few times. Love the new name.
 
Yeah, that name had to go.
 
calamity said:
Yeah, that name had to go.
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I don't see anything wrong with the name. It is a name forever in common usage, no need to get all weird about it. Besides, the name has roots in a few East coast tribes in some various forms, and was then picked up by early colonists to the New England area. Whether the word was universally used by all American Indian tribes is not the point. No one or group of words from one Indian language was used by all Indians. The term basically mean woman/wife and that is all. In common the common English lexicon we would say "housewife" for a woman who was home tending to the children, the meals, and the laundry. Is housewife a racist term too?
 
Court Jester said:
I don't see anything wrong with the name. It is a name forever in common usage, no need to get all weird about it. Besides, the name has roots in a few East coast tribes in some various forms, and was then picked up by early colonists to the New England area. Whether the word was universally used by all American Indian tribes is not the point. No one or group of words from one Indian language was used by all Indians. The term basically mean woman/wife and that is all. In common the common English lexicon we would say "housewife" for a woman who was home tending to the children, the meals, and the laundry. Is housewife a racist term too?
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Traditional or common usage doesn't mean right.
 
But if we change the name of a place, or a sports team, or remove a statue are we really not considering all of the people who didn't care that it was called Squaw Valley Ski resort?

How will children in the future learn about squaws if there are no places named squaw?

My daily usage of the word squaw is in jeopardy.
 
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