Yes, the title is correct, now bird names are racist and must be changed in order to make people feel more welcome and not feel pain. Bird names can now hurt you. Bird names… That’s where we’re at in 2023. For those who may think that “wokeness” is dead, or at least not a big deal anymore, this should serve as a potent example to the contrary.
Speaking to NPR for their article on the topic, Erica Nol, the chair for the committee that made this discission, said:
The membership was carefully chosen to reflect broad perspectives. And it really did. We all came to the decision in our own way and over time and quite slowly, actually, because the final decision is fairly radical.”
What is the offending characteristic of the names that would drive people to be so hurt, offended, and not “feel welcomed” that a “fairly radical” decision had to be made? Who were the people they were named for, and what despicable, monstrous deeds must they have committed? Nol elaborates for us:
They’re important for the people who watch birds and the communities who may or may not feel very welcome, if all the birds are named after these old European ornithologists.
That’s right, the offence is that they’re European. Ornithologists (bird scientists) want to rename birds that honor those that pioneered their field, simply because of the continent they were from. I though that kind of bigotry is what they claim to be against? That, though, is the point, it isn’t about equal treatment, not being bigoted, or not showing partiality, but is about the revolution. Again, this should show you how far the revolution has reached, that not even the birds are safe.
AUTHORS NOTE: We don’t always report on nonchurch issues, but this one was a perfect combination of ridiculous and a being a potent example of how far and wide “wokeness” has spread. It should also give us in the church pause when we hear someone bring up renaming things.
