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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:54 PM Original message |
Rhode Island Slavery Legacy Prompting Name Change |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. sounds reasonable nt |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Based on ignorance of the history of the word 'plantation'. |
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voc (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. The history of the word |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. By all means, let us erase from memory the parts of history we find uncomfortable |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. Why so formal? Why not just Rhode island..period n/t |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. While they're at it, why not change the name to just "Rhode"? |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. This is ridiculous. With this thinking, Brown University needs to |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. all the ivies were built with money from slaves & drugs, they should all be closed. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
9. So it will be "State of Rhode Island and" |
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