Part of the current racial reckoning in the U.S. is what geographers call America’s “renaming moment.” It includes removing offensive street names.
Researchers are working to track and visual these locations term by term. For example, this map shows locations where street names include one specific offensive slur of Indigenous women. And a new online tool lets everyone easily look up names.
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Offensive names dot the American street map − a new app provides a way to track them
A newly released app allows users to search for discriminatory roadway names, helping communities grasp the ubiquity of inequalities embedded in everyday spaces and the harm they cause.The Conversation
