Scientists Ask Americans to
Help Change Racist Insect Names
Newsweek,
by
Rebecca Flood
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
7/13/2021 4:40:06 PM
Scientists are asking for help to rename racist insects, as they seek to remove terms which are "inappropriate or offensive." The Entomological Society of America (ESA) announced in June the common names for the moth Lymantria dispar and the ant Aphaenogaster araneoides, "Gypsy moth" and "Gypsy ant," had been removed from their Common Names of Insects and Related Organisms List. (Snip) In March, they set out new policies regarding acceptable names, to exclude any new terms which are "referencing ethnic or racial groups and names that might stoke fear; the policies also discourage geographic references, particularly for invasive species." It
Reply 1 - Posted by:
wangbuster 7/13/2021 4:47:22 PM (No. 844643)
Change the name of the flying insect, the wasp, since I am a WASP and offended by that terminology.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
starboard 7/13/2021 4:55:56 PM (No. 844654)
To the ESA, three words Nancy Reagan made famous...Just say no.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Son of Grady 7/13/2021 4:57:32 PM (No. 844656)
Filth Fly or Sh≥t Fly — Obama fly
Dung Bettle — Pelosi Bug
Lady Bug — The Melania
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
formerNYer 7/13/2021 4:58:34 PM (No. 844658)
I'm Italian and very insulted by the Guinea Pig.
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What? Are the bugs offended?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bamapreacher 7/13/2021 5:04:32 PM (No. 844670)
I identify as a dragon so dragonfly is out for me.
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I can see how Gypsy Moth would be offensive - to the bug.
Are they going to make super woke Cher change the racist name of her hit song?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
LTCTed 7/13/2021 5:12:10 PM (No. 844676)
All the Chinese side of my family cringes every time they here of an invasion of yellow chinch bugs, because of the obvious connection to the racist term! Additionally, one must never again use the term *laundry or *ticket or *ticky. The slant eyes of Texas are upon you.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
stanwoodpb 7/13/2021 5:26:06 PM (No. 844682)
Wait until they decide to change the name of the Brazil nut.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 7/13/2021 5:26:39 PM (No. 844683)
Some “scientists” obviously don’t have enough to do.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Historybuff 7/13/2021 5:44:23 PM (No. 844698)
Black ants and red ants are on the chopping block and watch out for the German cockroach!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
padiva 7/13/2021 5:54:46 PM (No. 844706)
Hat tip to #6. lol
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
marbles 7/13/2021 6:01:02 PM (No. 844717)
Is it O.K. for a Jewish person to own a Wandering Jew houseplant?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
bad-hair 7/13/2021 6:15:54 PM (No. 844733)
I wouldn't know either one if I saw it. So I guess I'm a Buggist.
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Just how stupid can these people get?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 7/13/2021 6:55:16 PM (No. 844775)
Drop dead. "Racist" is the most irrelevant, pointless, powerless, useless word in the English language today.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
udanja99 7/13/2021 7:01:43 PM (No. 844784)
I see what you did there, #9.
Here’s a suggestion for the ESA….GROW UP!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
davew 7/13/2021 7:52:39 PM (No. 844811)
HIstory had a Bronze Age, an Iron Age, and a Steel age. We have now entered the Nuts Age.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 7/13/2021 8:07:36 PM (No. 844824)
Please stop trying to bringing woke racism into science.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Faithfully 7/13/2021 8:37:43 PM (No. 844855)
Do yourselves a favour and youtube the Black Fly Song.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
MickTurn 7/13/2021 8:38:57 PM (No. 844859)
Pound Sand, the Insects CAN'T be Racist...
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 7/13/2021 8:41:01 PM (No. 844864)
Still waiting for them to change the names of the countries Niger and Nigeria.
These people are so stupid.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
columba 7/13/2021 9:52:11 PM (No. 844918)
This is so stupid that I can't even figure out if the mailman is coming today.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Jennie C. 7/13/2021 10:07:02 PM (No. 844923)
I don't care what they call gypsy moths, just kill 'em. They're pests.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 7/13/2021 10:10:17 PM (No. 844924)
Maybe if gypsies weren't such criminals the name wouldn't have such a negative connotation.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
qr4j 7/13/2021 10:40:07 PM (No. 844945)
In the Southeastern Illinois town of Olney, there is a rodent called a "white squirrel." Why? Because it is white and it is a squirrel. I am white, but I am not a squirrel. Scientists apparently are trying to demean my racial status to that of a rodent. How dare they! I am not a squirrel! And even if I were, squirrels have rights! So there!
Mommy, I need my diaper changed.
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#18 To be politically correct, that's Fruits and Nuts Age.
To think they could be working on a cure for insanity. Gawd help US.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
mifla 7/14/2021 6:14:37 AM (No. 845179)
So now insects re racist? OK, will add it to the list. (Note to self, buy more paper).
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
zoidberg 7/14/2021 8:18:06 AM (No. 845303)
Chigger please.
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