Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“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.

If can pronounce Dun Laoghaire, I can pronounce anything.

So you too will ignore the fact that the native peoples were here first?

Washington was built by slaves from Africa, not indians. So the new name should be reflective of who labored to build it.

Don’t use the Latin-derived word “Africa” or call the native peoples “Indians”.

Oh, F off.

Bezos owns the Post. Amazon is moving it’s HQ here. Why not Bezoston? Or how about a color? Blueberry Hill? I mean that is where I found my thrill.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“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.

If can pronounce Dun Laoghaire, I can pronounce anything.

So you too will ignore the fact that the native peoples were here first?

Washington was built by slaves from Africa, not indians. So the new name should be reflective of who labored to build it.

Don’t use the Latin-derived word “Africa” or call the native peoples “Indians”.

Anonymous wrote:

The indians weren’t doing anything with it. Show me something they built? Point to a building the indians made. You can’t. Black slaves from Africa built DC. Under the whip of a overseer. Black hands put up the stones that made the Whitehouse and the Capital. Not indian hands. So it’s only right that Black people should pick the name, not indians. There aren’t even an indians around here anyway.

Yeah, that's what the colonists said too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“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.

If can pronounce Dun Laoghaire, I can pronounce anything.

So you too will ignore the fact that the native peoples were here first?

Washington was built by slaves from Africa, not indians. So the new name should be reflective of who labored to build it.

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.

The indians weren’t doing anything with it. Show me something they built? Point to a building the indians made. You can’t. Black slaves from Africa built DC. Under the whip of a overseer. Black hands put up the stones that made the Whitehouse and the Capital. Not indian hands. So it’s only right that Black people should pick the name, not indians. There aren’t even an indians around here anyway.

Of course there are native peoples here. You just don’t know your history. You are focused on your own to the exclusion of others. Re-name the buildings enslaved people built but the land does not belong to them either. Recognize the true history of the land. Example: Mt. McKinley —> Denali.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“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.

If can pronounce Dun Laoghaire, I can pronounce anything.

So you too will ignore the fact that the native peoples were here first?

Washington was built by slaves from Africa, not indians. So the new name should be reflective of who labored to build it.

Hey! Some lady mashed up the pulp paper that the Constitution was written on and signed. So she is the one responsible for our rights, not the white dudes who debated, authored, edited and signed it!

It's written on parchment. Get an education.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“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.

If can pronounce Dun Laoghaire, I can pronounce anything.

So you too will ignore the fact that the native peoples were here first?

Washington was built by slaves from Africa, not indians. So the new name should be reflective of who labored to build it.

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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“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.

If can pronounce Dun Laoghaire, I can pronounce anything.

So you too will ignore the fact that the native peoples were here first?

Washington was built by slaves from Africa, not indians. So the new name should be reflective of who labored to build it.

Hey! Some lady mashed up the pulp paper that the Constitution was written on and signed. So she is the one responsible for our rights, not the white dudes who debated, authored, edited and signed it!

That’s an entirely different subject, but an entirely valid point. The constitution should be replaced anyway, with something more reflective of modern values, not the pontifications a bunch of dead rich white slave owners.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“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.

If can pronounce Dun Laoghaire, I can pronounce anything.

So you too will ignore the fact that the native peoples were here first?

Washington was built by slaves from Africa, not indians. So the new name should be reflective of who labored to build it.

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.

The indians weren’t doing anything with it. Show me something they built? Point to a building the indians made. You can’t. Black slaves from Africa built DC. Under the whip of a overseer. Black hands put up the stones that made the Whitehouse and the Capital. Not indian hands. So it’s only right that Black people should pick the name, not indians. There aren’t even an indians around here anyway.

Anonymous wrote:You can’t change the name of everything; and it’s pointless; the point is to understand history so it doesn’t get repeated- not erase history

+1000

What schools in the area have this common sense approach?

Derr Kommissar

Anonymous wrote:Oh FFS. If you want to get rid of every single slaveholder who has a namesake in this country, you’re going to need to go a lot farther than renaming Washington, DC.

And that’s exactly what should be done.

Anonymous wrote:“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.

Yeah. Well. Considering that the US is the offspring of England, I suggest that a silly name from African holiday isn't the winning ticket.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The city should be named after the original occupants of this land who were decimated and displaced by European settlers. What did the local native peoples call it?

Which native tribe, many groups come and try and wipe out the history of those that came before it! Leave the name, but maybe change the flag. As someone elsewhere said, can't erase history but can learn from it. except those who are Native American, we are all living on stolen land so the best thing we can do is recognize them and the Africans that built the New America on a new state flag!

Conquered != "stolen"

And, sad to say, the conquest was inevitable when the parties were so grossly mismatched in every respect.

Anonymous wrote:You can’t change the name of everything; and it’s pointless; the point is to understand history so it doesn’t get repeated- not erase history

Correct. However, you can change the name of some things. Possibly even many things.