Jami'an gwamnati a California sun sanar da cewa kalmar "squaw" da aka fi sani da ita a matsayin kalmar wulakanci da ke wulakanta matan Amurkawa, za a kawar da su daga sunayen wurare da dama a fadin jihar ta Amurka.
An yi imanin cewa kalmar "squaw" ta samo asali ne daga kalmar Algonquin don "mace" da 'yan asalin ƙasar Amirka ke amfani da shi, amma tun daga lokacin an gane shi a matsayin kalma mai ban tsoro da wulakanci.
A cewar sanarwar manema labarai California Natural Resources Agency, za a cire wa'adin daga wurare sama da 30 da shafuka a cikin jihar, bayan amincewa da sabbin sunaye da kwamitin da aka nada don duba su.
"Cire wannan wa'adin muhimmin mataki ne na amincewa da ci gaba da rauni da zalunci da al'ummomin 'yan asalin ke fuskanta," in ji hukumar.
"Wannan yunƙurin, wanda ya sami yabo daga shugabannin ƙabilanci, na gida, da na jihohi, ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin wani gagarumin ci gaba ga California mai haɗaka."
Takardar ta kuma ce: “Kalmar ‘squaw’ kalma ce ta wariyar launin fata da wulakanci da tarihi ya yi amfani da ita a matsayin batanci na kabilanci, kabilanci, da jima’i, musamman ga mata ’yan asali.”
Wani kwamiti ne zai zabi sabbin sunayen da nufin "girmama da kuma gane" kabilu da harsunan 'yan asalin yankin, kamar yadda aka zayyana a cikin kudirin, daidai da dokar da Gwamnan California Gavin Newsom ya amince da shi da farko a 2022.
Ana shirin aiwatar da sabbin nade-naden a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2025, a matsayin wani bangare na wani shiri na kasa da ke da nufin kawar da munanan kalmomi daga siffofi na yanki.
A shekarar da ta gabata, Amurka ta dauki matakin sauya sunayen wasu cibiyoyin soji da aka sanyawa sunan jami'an Confederate, matakin da ya samo asali daga wani shiri na tsawon lokaci da Majalisa ta dauka bayan boren Black Lives Matter.
Ko da yake a baya-bayan nan, yayin da yake yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa, zababben shugaban kasar Donald Trump ya yi alkawarin maido da sunan Fort Liberty zuwa asalin sunan shi na Fort Bragg.
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