California Town Wrestles With Its Offensive Name
Think of the word that you find the most offensive of any word in the dictionary. Now, imagine living in a town by that name. It's part of your address, it's plastered across street signs and local shops, it's all around you. And there's nothing you can do about it. Some residents of one town in Fresno County, California, town, don't have to imagine that. Because they live in a place called Squaw Valley—yes, really. Squaw Valley is a 4,000-person town nestled along the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Its population is roughly 70 percent Caucasian, and only about 1.4 pe...
Source: powwows.com