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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This nonsense is disruptive to people lives. If you get hurt over names from two hundred years ago, you might want to visit a mental health professional. Grow up.[/quote] Here's the thing: the names may be from the distant past, but not on those streets. Most things in this country named for Confederate icons come from one of two periods -- either roughly 15 years after WWI, or 20 years after WWII. During both wars there were labor shortages and Black Americans advanced economically. When the wars ended there were racist backlashes. After WWII it went on longer as the civil rights movement gathered steam. The naming of things for Confederates was a deliberate provocation, part of a larger push to show Blacks who was boss. It was wrong then, and it is wrong now. It's not too late to correct it. [/quote]
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