Fav #DailyShow Clip of the Week: Geographical Bigotry: N-Head [VID]

It hit the news recently that presidential candidate, Rick Perry's family had a hunting camp in Texas that had an offensive name.  The Daily Show had a response to this and noted offensive place names don't just show up in Texas..

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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More info on the issue...

• Gringo Gulch, Dago Spring, and Polack Swamp (Slate.com)
• a U.S. Board on Geographic Names search on "Negro"
• Race-Based Names Dot the Landscape (NY Times)

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