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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>This is some very good information. Everyday I learn of historical things that was not even considered in my educational dialogue.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wan<o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ohio-Communities-of-Faith <ohio-communities-of-faith-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>carolyn peters via Ohio-Communities-of-Faith<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 24, 2022 10:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> ohio-communities-of-faith@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> carolyn peters <drcarolyn-peters@att.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] 11 Quebec sites that contain the N-word to be renamed | CBC News<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/11-quebec-sites-that-contain-the-n-word-to-be-renamed-1.3245106">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/11-quebec-sites-that-contain-the-n-word-to-be-renamed-1.3245106</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=article><div><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:14.55pt'><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>11 Quebec sites that contain the N-word to be renamed<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:~WRD0002.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>The official name of these rapids on the Gatineau River south of Maniwaki, Que. includes a racial slur but they will now be renamed. (CBC)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>The Quebec Toponymy Commission has ordered name changes for 11 sites in the province that contain the N-word.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>The commission recognized six place names that include the N-word in English and five that include the word nègre, which in French can mean both Negro and the N-word.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Friday's decision is a victory for Rachel Zellars, a PhD student at McGill University who started a petition to get the names removed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;max-width:100%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/quebec-considers-removing-n-word-from-11-place-names-1.3184317"><span style='color:#416ED2'>Quebec considers removing N-word from 11 place names</span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>One of the sites, situated along the Gatineau River, is called Nigger Rapids. It was named for a black couple who drowned there in the early 1900s.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>A hill 50 kilometres south of Montreal near the U.S. border contains the N-word in its name. It's the site where black slaves were buried from 1794 until slavery was abolished in 1833, according to the commission.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>In Quebec's Laurentides region, the commission has recognized three rapids along the Red River that have the N-word in their names, but it does not detail the origin of the names on its website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>The Niger River, near Sherbrooke, was officially spelled with two g's between 1986 and 2006. According to the commission, it was named for the large presence of African-Americans along its banks in the early 19th century. The river is believed to have been used by those fleeing slavery in the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>There's also Lac du Nègre and Ruisseau du Nègre in west Quebec, Rivière du Nègre near Drummondville, Le Buttereau-du-Nègre on Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Lac à Ti-Nègre near Shawinigan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>The commission said even though the names have historical meaning, the terms are now pejorative and must be changed.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone please read this article it shares the renaming of different bodies of water which this comment hinged upon. Sent to me by another member<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Blessings…<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>