HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) - 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 say.
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.
The four-mile road has been around about 100 years and was said to be named in honor of Yoshio Mayumi and his family, who introduced rice farming to the region.
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