Cry, The Beloved Country
Police in Greater Manchester, Great Britain, have been banned from referring to local patrol divisions as townships. "The term township has been deemed unsuitable for use by the force. There are clear connotations with this term and [the] apartheid regime of South Africa and the discriminatory treatment of black Africans," said police chief inspector Jeff McMahon. The term has been removed from official letterheads and notepaper, and signs with the word township have been changed to read "partnership."
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