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U.S. Federal holiday honoring the explorer who "discovered" America
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Columbus Day
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Disney ultimately resorted to CGI in an attempt to quell the numerous casting controversies over these titular characters in their live-action Snow White movie.
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Dwarves
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These animals are no longer featured in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
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Elephants
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Longtime name of Washington D.C.'s National Football League franchise, recently replaced due to its racist connotation against Native Americans.
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Redskins
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Longtime name of Cleveland's Major League Baseball franchise, recently replaced due to its racist connotation against Native Americans.
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Indians
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Name one of three other American sports franchises whose Native American-inspired names are apparently not racist.
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Braves | Chiefs | Blackhawks
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From they/them/theirs to xe/xem/xyrs, this part of speech has been thrust into the middle of the debate over political correctness.
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Word removed from the official name of the state of Rhode Island in 2020, even though its origin had nothing to do with the U.S. South or slavery
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Plantations
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California valley that hosted the 1960 Winter Olympic Games - now unoriginally renamed Olympic Valley
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Squaw Valley
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Six of this famed author's books, including And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, and McElligot's Pool are no longer published due to "unconscious racist themes."
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Dr. Seuss
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As any HGTV viewer will know, the word "primary" has replaced this word when describing the main bedroom in a house.
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Master
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In 2023, Disneyland closed the Splash Mountain ride that was based on this 1946 movie that apparently will be locked in the Disney vault for eternity due to its perceived glorification of slavery.
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Song of the South
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The lyrics of the Canadian national anthem, "O, Canada" were revised in 2018 to be more inclusive, incorporating "...in all of us command." in place of "...in all thy ____ command."
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Sons
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Term coined in an attempt to create a gender-neutral word for Latin Americans. Of course the term violates the traditional grammatical gender rules in Spanish, and is also difficult for Spanish speakers to pronounce.
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Latinx
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The highest inflation-adjusted grossing film in history, this 1939 film is now seen as a work of historical denialism, especially in its glorification of slavery,
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Gone with the Wind
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As noted in Jet Punk Interesting Fact 396, the Parliament of the United Kingdom spent 700 hours debating whether to ban this allegedly cruel sport.
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Fox Hunting
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This sprawling U.S. Army base in North Carolina whiplashed from its original name honoring a Confederate Army general, to Fort Liberty in 2023, and back to the original name in 2025, this time ostensibly honoring a World War II Army private.
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Fort Bragg
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American preschoolers now learn to sit "criss cross applesauce" on the floor. Their parents probably referred to the position as...
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Indian Style
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In 2015, the University of Ottawa banned a free wellness class in this discipline over fears related to cultural appropriation and that it highlights colonialism and Western supremacy.
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Yoga
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Brand of American pancake mix and syrup renamed "Pearl Milling Company" in 2021
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Aunt Jemima
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