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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Kujichagulia”

Taken from the 2nd Day of the ancient African holiday of Kwanza, and meaning “self-determination”.

It’s the perfect name for DC. It reflects our population, our African heritage, and celebrates our self determination. The name itself even MEANS self determination.

White people might have trouble pronouncing it, but F them. [/quote]

If can pronounce Dun Laoghaire, I can pronounce anything.

So you too will ignore the fact that the native peoples were here first?
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Washington was built by slaves from Africa, not indians. So the new name should be reflective of who labored to build it. [/quote]

Washington was built on land that was stolen from the native peoples. Sad that you will not recognize their prior claim to further your own agenda. [/quote]

Two issues with this line of logic. First is that native people did not have the concept of land ownership. They were nomadic and moved from place to place. This is why the Europeans were able to purchase land from them for next to nothing, because they had weak to no concept of "owning" land. Second, even if you could say that a certain band of native Americans "owned" a piece of land, they likely fought and took it from someone else. Interactions between the native American tribes were frequent and violent. It's entirely arbitrary for you to recommend prior claims but ignore all the times that the land changed hands as the result of native American battles. [/quote]

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