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humblepie

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If daugher is 10, pony belongs to mother, mother changes name, doesn't need daughter's consent, though obviously can explain why.
 

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Another person here who hasn't heard this term before. However I used to ride a superb horse called Flight, so I think White Flight is a great name for a SJ.
I'm guessing Black Beauty and Black Bess are unacceptable now ?
This is such an obtuse post. Did you not bother reading any of the other comments on this thread? It's not about the word "black" or "white". They are just colour descriptors and of course they aren't innately offensive. It is about the specific phrase "white flight", which, as has been explained multiple times, has racist connotations. I didn't know what it meant either, but as soon as I googled it I understood why it would be an offensive name for a horse. It is not about simply using the adjective "white" as part of the whole, it is about the whole phrase and it's broader meaning.
 
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