Monday, July 12, 2021

No more (redacted) moth

From Maggie’s Farm

Bug experts are getting rid of the name 'gypsy moth' because some Roma people consider it to be an ethnic slur. The Entomological Society of America, which oversees the common names of bugs, is getting rid of the common name of that critter and the lesser-known gypsy ant. The group this week announced that for the first time it changed a common name of an insect because it was offensive. In the past they've only reassigned names that weren't scientifically accurate. 'It's an ethnic slur to begin with that's been rejected by the Romani people a long time ago,' said society president Michelle S. Smith. 

https://www.lucianne.com/2021/07/09/bug_experts_get_rid_of_the_name_gypsy_moth_because_some_roma_people_consider_it_to_be_an_ethnic_slur_64099.html 

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