Racist Rock

[royfromaus]

Yep...racist rock.

Un...I was going to type unbelievable but unfortunately, it no longer is unbelievable.

[royfromaus]

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1423389381197537287/1enKZgJ_?format=jpg&name=small

[andy-hughes]

Your link shows an image, but it doesn;t explain what is 'racist' about the rock - care to elaborate please?

[Lie-in King]

https://news.wisc.edu/no-longer-a-memorial-rock-removed-from-campus/

[Ken4155]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/university-of-wisconsin-madison-removes-massive-rock-from-campus-after-racism-claims/ar-AAN3vWU?ocid=uxbndlbing

[jno]

now why would anyone remove a geoloogical feature known locally as N*****head Rock? Beats me.

[dannyk13]

It would have been easier to just re-name the rock.

[Bazile]

What's that word thats starred out, jno ?

[Mamyalynne]

Are you serious Baz?

You've seen the topic of the story, surely you can work it out.

[royfromaus]

jno
now why would anyone remove a geoloogical feature known locally as N*****head Rock? Beats me.
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Do you know that to be true? (no you don't)

I'm going to start a trend to call Old Trafford 'N*****head stadium'
Then hopefully we can demolish it in a few years time.

What they have done is ludicrous and an absolute waste of money.

[jno]

same old N word, Bazile; AB won't print it.

[royfromaus]

It would have been easier to just re-name the rock.
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It was called Chamberlin Rock

[jno]

you think I make things up? Let Google be your friend.

[royfromaus]

I didn't say you make things up. I said you do not know it to be true.

[dannyk13]

Roy @ 15.02
???

[dannyk13]

Roy, forget my post,Just realised what you meant.

[andy-hughes]

It's clear that it is the connotations of the rock, rather than the rock itself that caused issues - obviously ascribing social attitudes to inanimate objects only works if you are a headline writer for a tabloid newspaper.

I am inclined to agree with danny - it would have been easier and far more practical simply to re-name the rock, and maybe attack a plaque showing its previous provenance.

Education is a far better way to explain to people about previous attitudes that are no longer viewed as acceptable - and it's certainly far better than simply hiding something away.

History has its shameful times and actions, but that does not mean that we should be ashamed of it - history is what makes us who and what we are.

[andy-hughes]

roy - // It would have been easier to just re-name the rock.
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It was called Chamberlin Rock //

Even better - revert to its actual name, and explain the nickname, and why the nickname came about, and why we don't call it that anymore.

[Canary42]

Usual wailing from the White Supremacists.

[royfromaus]

Who are the white supremacists you speak of, canary?

[naomi24]

So it wasn’t called *** rock, it was called Chamberlain Rock. Sigh .....