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  2. List of city nicknames in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Electra – Pump Jack Capital of Texas [8] Elgin – Sausage Capital of Texas [8][27] Ennis – Bluebonnet City [8] Falfurrias - Land of Heart's Delight. Floresville – Peanut Capital of Texas [48] Flower Mound – FloMo. Floydada – Pumpkin Capital [11] Fort Davis – Where the Stars Come Out to Play [44] Fort Worth.

  3. African-American names - Wikipedia

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    They favor an explanatory model which attributes a change in black perceptions of their identity to the black power movement. The most common and typical female slave names in America included Bet, Mary, Jane, Hanna, Betty, Sarah, Phillis, Nan, Peg, and Sary. Private names were Abah, Bilah, Comba, Dibb, Juba, Kauchee, Mima, and Sena.

  4. Culture of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Culture of theUnited States. The culture of Texas is very diverse, influenced by tremendous waves of migration out of the American North and West, in contrast to its eastern neighbors in the Deep South. It includes the regionalisms and distinct cultural identities of German Texan, Tejanos, Cajuns, Irish, African American, and White Southern ...

  5. Anti-Mexican sentiment - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Anti-Mexican sentiment, is prejudice, fear, discrimination, or hatred towards Mexico and people of Mexican descent, Mexican culture and/or Mexican Spanish. It is most commonly found in the United States. Its origins in the United States date back to the Mexican and American Wars of Independence and the struggle over the disputed ...

  6. List of name changes due to the George Floyd protests - Wikipedia

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    Image Old New Location Reported Executed Details Ref. Sir Francis Drake HS: Archie Williams HS: San Anselmo: CA: US Jun 1, 2020: May 11, 2021: Sir Francis Drake High School was renamed Archie Williams High School for former teacher and Olympic athlete Archie Williams, after awareness grew of Francis Drake's involvement with the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism and piracy, along with his ...

  7. Stereotypes of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United ...

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    The stereotypes can also differ between men and women. Hispanic and Latino men are more likely to be stereotyped as unintelligent, comedic, aggressive, sexual, and unprofessional, earning them titles as "Latin lovers", buffoons or criminals. [9]

  8. List of college sports team names and mascots derived from ...

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    (The women's teams, though by the 2010s long since re-dubbed "Marlets", had previously been known as the "Squaws".) [7] Others, including indigenous students and Washington State University professor C. Richard King, argue that the name itself is generally used as a disparaging term for indigenous peoples, reinforcing stereotypes and white ...

  9. List of sports team names and mascots derived from indigenous ...

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    The practice of deriving sports team names, imagery, and mascots from Indigenous peoples of North America is a significant phenomenon in the United States and Canada. The popularity of stereotypical representations of American Indians in global culture has led to a number of teams in Europe also adopting team names derived from Native Americans.