‘No plans’ to rename Coon St after cheese switch

After almost 90 years being sold as ‘Coon,’ owners of the cheese brand officially changed its name to Cheer in reaction to the Black Lives Matter movement and concerns over its racist connotations.

But the sudden change of names hasn’t reached Gladstone, with the regional Queensland city’s council saying it’s not rushing to rename a local thoroughfare that’s been called Coon Street since 1899.“Gladstone Regional Council has no plans to rename…



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