A question in Norway: Is this mountain’s name racist?

If you were to visit the sparsely populated Norwegian archipelago Svalbard, you could climb a Negro Mountain and stroll in Negro Valley which is nearby. For decades, the names of these locations were given little attention due to their remoteness. Recently, however, some Norwegians have begun to ask: Is "Negro Mountain" racist? John Christian Nygaard, a Norwegian journalist […]











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