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In reply to the discussion: Kansas City votes to remove Martin Luther King's name from historic street [View all]MuseRider
(34,111 posts)I do not have the time to explain what I do know about this but this was not voted on as a racist thing, it was the city changing the name of a largely historic black district without asking anyone. Anyone who has ever lived there or close or been there knows The Paseo district and to rename the Blvd. was not welcomed by those living there. You can navigate when people say go to The Paseo, it is by The Paseo, it is over in The Paseo district. It was not popular to have that changed like that.
This was not a racist vote as far as I know. Everyone that I know and have spoken with in KC voted to keep it The Paseo, mostly they are people who make their living around that area in the Jazz clubs and those who live there.
If there is more info on how this was racist I will listen later on when I can but from those I know who live there and around there, one being one of my kids, this was not done as a racist reaction. **I certainly could be wrong I do not live in KC**