Submitted by [deleted] t3_y1gr84 in WorcesterMA
[deleted] OP t1_is5xrqu wrote
Reply to comment by thisisntmynametoday in What's your opinion on renaming Plantation Street because it's racist? by [deleted]
Bro, it's obvious what the guy is saying: the British Europeans claimed the land and called it Quinsigamond Plantation before they had settlers there.
Why do you keep citing those books? They don't prove anything. The other commenter(s) is/are right. If you want to say "plantation" is a problem, it's not because of the reason that the school stated. They talked about the connotations of the word, which bring up antebellum slavery, but you're talking about the way colonists behaved toward Native Americans. The guy who said the logic of "plantation" also applies to many other names is right and you don't even respond to that. You just repeat what you said on a different comment.
What did the city councilor representing the district say yesterday at the meeting of the city council?
>He said that a name change would require the roughly 6,700 residents and 100 businesses on Plantation Street, Plantation Parkway and Plantation Terrace to change legal and identification documents, change official addresses and go through all sorts of other hassles at considerable expense...
>
>
“It just isn’t fair,’ Russell continued. “It could have been a moment for this community to come together — and hope it is in the future — but all this petition does is inconvenience people on Plantation Street and mobilize people into their respective political corners.”
Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments