Ned YeungPreach it.
"History without discomfort is propaganda."
Big_in_Va@ned @WarnerCrocker so why do we keep having to rename things like buildings, streets and holidays and the such. I don’t get it history even though there’s bad it can’t be changed.
Greg Titus@big_in_va @ned @WarnerCrocker Because naming buildings, streets and holidays aren't just history. They are also forms of recognition and celebration.
Which parts of history we choose to celebrate and which parts we choose to condemn say a lot about us. We can learn all about the parts we condemn without also naming streets after them.
@gregtitus @ned @WarnerCrocker agreed and that’s why I like the policy a local jurisdiction recently adopted. They proposed renaming a road and after public comment residents and businesses that were located on the hundreds of them as a matter of fact the jurisdiction adopted a common sense approach. Leave the name alone but going forward never name streets or roads after people to avoid the problem for future generations.