‘Asian Carp’ Renamed Because, You Know, That’s An ‘Ethnic Slur’

The Asian carp, brought to North America in the 1970s to eat algae in aquaculture ponds, is considered an invasive species that has been causing issues in the Mississippi river and reportedly migrating toward Lake Michigan.

But some think the name is just mean, like calling the virus that causes COVID-19 the Wuhan Virus after the city in China where it first emerged.