Finland renames ‘Negro Island’ as Seppanen amid global anti-racist protests

Amidst global protests against racism and racial inequality, Finland has decided to contribute to movement in its own way by changing name of an island because island currently has a ‘racist name’. As per reports, island located in Pyhaselka Lake in eastern Finland bears a name that roughly translates to ‘Negro Island’ — a derogatory word used to refer to black people.

Finland changes 'absolutely derogatory' name

As per reports, state-run Institute for Langu of Finland (Kotus) has claimed that name is ‘absolutely derogatory’ and has concluded that Finland should t have any racist expression in its official maps. government is currently in process of removing racist name from its official documents and island will w be referred to by its previous name, Seppanen.

Reports have indicated that island itself has links to colonization, slavery, or black people. island previously belonged to rth Karelian Association of Journalists. island's racist name derived itself from an old-fashioned Finnish term that translated to ‘journal negro’ which was a reference to journalists and how y would often get stained due to working with dark ink used for printing.

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Lee in her statement said, "Americans in all 50 states and millions of people around world are marching to protest racism and police violence directed at people of color, and yet across country, Confederate statues and monuments still pay tribute to white supremacy and slavery in public s".

California leer furr affirmed that “It is time, to tell truth about what se statues are -- hateful symbols that have place in our society and certainly should t be enshrined in US Capitol.”

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