'Offensive', 'racist' Australian island to change name, but not everyone agrees
Was reading this thinking it's a bit rough as it's an actual last name, then got to this bit:
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Lake Macquarie City Council councillor Kevin Baker said Coon Island was named after its original inhabitant Herbert Heaney, who was a man of Anglo-Saxon origin.
| Hmm not his last name?
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"Herbert was a coal miner and when he used to come back out of the pit, he got a very unfortunate nickname," Baker said.
| Yikes.
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Protecting your peace is way more important than proving your point. Some people aren't open to cultivating their views. Just let them be wrong.
Last edited by fixed_truth : 28th July 2021 at 19:21.
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