From 'Tongue Tied' web site:
Knight-Ridder reports that a thoroughbred horse owner in Kentucky who wanted to name his new filly after the slave Thomas Jefferson allegedly had an affair with was told he couldn’t because it may be offensive to people of African descent.
History buff Garrett Redmond has sued the Jockey Club, which regulates the naming of all thoroughbred racehorses, following its refusal to allow the name.
After a bit of hemming and hawing about the real reason, chairman of The Jockey Club told Redmond that the name "is a clear reference to the slave
woman alleged to have had children with Thomas Jefferson. Naming a thoroughbred horse `Sally Hemings' may be offensive to persons of African descent and other ethnic groups, may be offensive to descendants of the specific people involved, may have negative historical implications, may have negative moral implications and may be degrading to ethnic groups and descendants of the people involved."
Knight-Ridder reports that a thoroughbred horse owner in Kentucky who wanted to name his new filly after the slave Thomas Jefferson allegedly had an affair with was told he couldn’t because it may be offensive to people of African descent.
History buff Garrett Redmond has sued the Jockey Club, which regulates the naming of all thoroughbred racehorses, following its refusal to allow the name.
After a bit of hemming and hawing about the real reason, chairman of The Jockey Club told Redmond that the name "is a clear reference to the slave
woman alleged to have had children with Thomas Jefferson. Naming a thoroughbred horse `Sally Hemings' may be offensive to persons of African descent and other ethnic groups, may be offensive to descendants of the specific people involved, may have negative historical implications, may have negative moral implications and may be degrading to ethnic groups and descendants of the people involved."
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