{"id":1788968,"date":"2020-07-02T14:46:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T18:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1788968"},"modified":"2020-07-02T14:46:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T18:46:39","slug":"racist-place-names-in-quebec-removed-in-2015-remain-on-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/07\/racist-place-names-in-quebec-removed-in-2015-remain-on-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Racist Place Names in Quebec, Removed in 2015, Remain on Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite the fact that Quebec\u2019s Commission de toponomie<\/a> removed 11 offensive place names, some involving the n-word or its French equivalent, in 2015, those names still appear on maps from third parties<\/a>, including Google Maps. The commission says it asked Google to remove the names, but as the person behind a new petition to get the names changed points out, the offensive names have, with one exception, only been removed, not replaced. (The commission says they\u2019re working on it.)<\/p>\n

I imagine what\u2019s at play here is that Google and other mapmakers would honour a request to change<\/em> a name, but not to leave a previously named place unnamed; but then again I\u2019d have thought they wouldn\u2019t be so tone deaf. I expect this to change presently.<\/p>\n

Previously: Le Jardin au Bout du Monde<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite the fact that Quebec\u2019s Commission de toponomie removed 11 offensive place names, some involving the n-word or its French equivalent, in 2015, those names still appear on maps from third parties, including Google Maps.… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[692],"tags":[82,701],"class_list":["post-1788968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-toponyms","tag-google-maps","tag-quebec","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1805461,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/11\/secretary-haaland-takes-action-against-derogatory-place-names\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788968,"position":0},"title":"Secretary Haaland Takes Action Against Derogatory Place Names","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 November 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"We\u2019ve seen efforts to replace racist and offensive place names in the past, but in general they\u2019ve happened at the state or provincial level. 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