News Botanists vote to remove racist reference from plants’ scientific names

[WorthlessSlavicShit]

The effect of the vote will be that all plants, fungi and algae names that contain the word caffra, which originates in insults made against Black people, will be replaced by the word affra to denote their African origins. More than 200 species will be affected, including the coast coral tree, which, from 2026, will be known as Erythrina affra instead of Erythrina caffra.

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Botanists vote to remove racist reference from plants’ scientific names

Offensive term to be replaced as first step towards more changes in unprecedented reform of nomenclature rules

www.theguardian.com

 

[Left4DeadDarkie]

Wtf is this world mang?

 

[Pancakecel]

(((Plants)))

 

[Soystein]

So affra will just become the new racist word.

 

[WorthlessSlavicShit]

Wtf is this world mang?

I don't have any idea anymore boyo.

So affra will just become the new racist word.

 

[VideoGameCoper]

They always gotta mess around with stuff. Even a syrup brand that was named with a black name around here was changed to a milling name. Funnily enough, there is a brand of beans around here that says on the inside of the can "pure white lining" lmao. It's funny the blacks haven't complained about that yet

 

[Left4DeadDarkie]

 

[BurntIvoryKingcel]

I miss aunt jemima

 

[Left4DeadDarkie]

They always gotta mess around with stuff. Even a syrup brand that was named with a black name around here was changed to a milling name. Funnily enough, there is a brand of beans around here that says on the inside of the can "pure white lining" lmao. It's funny the blacks haven't complained about that yet

As a nigga myself I loved the aunt jemaima (or however you spell it) design and it's pretty unfortunate they changed it

 

[VideoGameCoper]

As a nigga myself I loved the aunt jemaima (or however you spell it) design and it's pretty unfortunate they changed it

Lol, you know about it. I also loved the Aunt Jemima design. It's Pearl Milling Company or something now and doesn't have the nostalgic ring to it Aunt Jemima did

 

[Emba]

I miss aunt jemima

Those bottles are worth big $$$ now

 

[cinderogre]

now they too insane to a point they fight against things that don't exist anymore

 

[lonelysince2006]

Change Nigersaurus to N-wordsaurus while you're at it.