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Nearly Sane

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Campaigners rename Glasgow streets linked to slave owners
« on: June 06, 2020, 05:55:08 PM »
Living in the middle of the (Slave) Merchant's City in Glasgow, I have spent a lot of time talking to people about the history
 I think we keep the names but educate and inform. If we change the names, then better changed to people of colour with some connection to the city like Frederick Douglass who spoke here, or McCune Smith who studied here. 


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-52950006
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Re: Campaigners rename Glasgow streets linked to slave owners
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2020, 06:29:08 PM »
And renaming streets is something we have done well



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Re: Campaigners rename Glasgow streets linked to slave owners
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2020, 02:11:20 PM »
History tells a truth and everything which shows something up should be left as a warning against what others did.
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Re: Campaigners rename Glasgow streets linked to slave owners
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2020, 02:21:26 PM »
AS long as they keep the traffic cone on the Duke of Wellington's head in Georges' square, then, hey, go for it......
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