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minus-squaresilencioso@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down5·edit-211 months agoFollowing the same “logic”: Let’s rename Washington DC and Washington State because George Washington was a slave owner.
minus-squareElectroNeutrino@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·11 months agoIt wouldn’t be the first city that changed it’s name, or even the first one to do so because of the racist history of the previous name.
minus-squareBuckFigotstheThird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agodeleted by creator
Following the same “logic”: Let’s rename Washington DC and Washington State because George Washington was a slave owner.
It wouldn’t be the first city that changed it’s name, or even the first one to do so because of the racist history of the previous name.
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