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Yikes. Looking it up, this is the same LeConte family that many University of California buildings and streets are named for.
"LeConte and his brother, Joseph, were white supremacists, and a building named in their honour at UC Berkeley was renamed, as announced on July 7, 2020, because of their vigorous white supremacy writings in that regard."
Alaskan Socialmalena 👟👟 (@seachanger@alaskan.social)My enigmatic friend Terry created a petition to change the name of the #Alaska ferry LeConte. (AK ferries are named after AK glaciers, and LeConte glacier is also & previously named Hutli)
“Joseph LeConte was a slave-owning Georgian who believed in racial superiority,” the petition states. “He never once stepped foot in the state of Alaska and does not need to be recognized here.”
https://www.juneauempire.com/news/petition-seeks-name-change-for-leconte-state-ferry/