No more Nigger for Quebec

[viper37]

No more Nigger Lake or Nigger River in Quebec.  The Toponimy Board will change their name to something more adequate to our modern times.
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I was unaware we had such places named like these.  They say some had historical meaning, but la Rivière du nègre (Nigger River) was likely named as such because its water is colored, muddier than other rivers.

While I'm usually against silly name changes, I think in this case it's a good thing.  We ain't in the 19th century anymore, after all.  The n word has become pejorative over time, it's no longer neutral.

[Eddie Teach]

Google translates nègre as negro. Which may be considered offensive by some, but is definitely not the "n word".

[garbon]

Google translates nègre as negro. Which may be considered offensive by some, but is definitely not the "n word".

[Eddie Teach]

Sometimes a picture is not worth a thousand words.

[garbon]

[Grinning_Colossus]

[Tonitrus]

Google translates nègre as negro. Which may be considered offensive by some, but is definitely not the "n word".

But MLK used it! 

[Jaron]

For years I thought Eddie was black. Recently I learned he just likes to pretend online for the chicks.

[garbon]

God, can't even be original.

[Eddie Teach]

For years I thought Eddie was black. Recently I learned he just likes to pretend online for the chicks.

[garbon]

For years I thought Eddie was black. Recently I learned he just likes to pretend online for the chicks.

Roaring bears. Next?

[Eddie Teach]

Do you have a request?

[garbon]

'Bears' roaring.

[Eddie Teach]

[garbon]

I see only evidence of one.