California city to retain Confederate general’s name after year of debate

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The commission made a list of recommendations ‘to correct historical wrongs in the area’

For more than a year, officials in a northernThis week, the commission examining the issue said that, for now, the Fort Bragg name is here to stay. But the effort highlights the challenges that come as cities, schools and parks across the US reconsider controversial placenames with racist histories.in 2020 prompted a national examination of systemic racism in the US, the small California town of Fort Bragg commissioned a group of citizens to examine the possibility of changing its name.

 

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Well....at least they spent time debating it.

The alternative name proposal of Fort Genocidal White Land Thief was also rejected.

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