'Jap Road' in Texas to Be Renamed 'Boondocks Road'

Texans living on "Jap Road"  decided the best way to remove the racial slur from the country  lane would be to rename it "Boondocks Road" after a defunct  catfish restaurant, officials said on Wednesday. The residents chose the name because the restaurant had  been a popular spot in southeastern Texas and its name was  easier to pronounce than that of the Japanese family who  settled the road in the early 1900s. The new name must be approved by the Jefferson County  Commissioners. Japanese Americans and others tried to change the name for  a decade because "Jap Road" is viewed as a racial slur. [more]