nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 670N|||Monuments And Teams Have Changed Names As America Reckons With Racism. Birds Are Next||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||As America tries to come to terms with its complicated racial past, efforts are underway to remove all eponymous bird names and to "decolonize the birding experience" to include more Black people.

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Nicole Jackson is co-organizer of Black Birders Week, and founder of Black in National Parks Week.



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Nicole Jackson

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Monuments And Teams Have Changed Names As America Reckons With Racism. Birds Are Next

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As America tries to come to terms with its complicated racial past, efforts are underway to remove all eponymous bird names and to "decolonize the birding experience" to include more Black people.