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In reply to the discussion: Nike Pulls Redskins Online Merchandise, Hours After FedEx Demands a Name Change [View all]elleng
(130,156 posts)3. 'For most of the modern (1980-present) statehood movement, the new state's name
would have been "New Columbia", although the Washington, D.C. Admission Act of 2020 refers to the proposed state as "Washington, Douglass Commonwealth."[1][2]'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statehood_movement_in_the_District_of_Columbia
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Nike Pulls Redskins Online Merchandise, Hours After FedEx Demands a Name Change [View all]
greyl
Jul 2020
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An African American city named after the first slaveholder in America, and a slaveholder who ran the
lagomorph777
Jul 2020
#51
Maybe Cleveland Indians could change their logo to an image of Gandhi and promote peace!
thesquanderer
Jul 2020
#15
As an Ojibwe, the name Indians isn't as offensive as the NFL team, but the logo, tomahawk
catbyte
Jul 2020
#16
Sadly, some people now think Ghandi may have been a racist, so maybe not
Clash City Rocker
Jul 2020
#23
Man. At some point I think we are just going to have to let go of all "revered" history...
thesquanderer
Jul 2020
#31
The bar for "Epic FAIL" seems to be getting low. I'd have just said "mistake."
thesquanderer
Jul 2020
#22