Pickaninny Buttes Explained

Pickaninny Buttes is a summit in San Bernardino County, California, in the United States. It has an elevation of . The butte is composed of granite.^[1]

The name has attracted criticism from the media because it contains the ethnic slur pickaninny.^[2]

References

34.4633°N -116.8834°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Jaeger, Edmund Carroll. Edmund Jaeger. Our Desert Neighbors. 1950. Stanford University Press. 978-0804710978. 119.
2. Web site: From Negro Creek to Wop Draw, place names offend . NBC News . February 26, 2012 . 6 September 2014 . Fonesca, Felicia . Cone, Tracie .