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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jul 19, 2021, 01:04 PM Jul 2021

Democrats introduced a bill to rename more than 1,000 forests, lakes, and mountain peaks named with

racist slurs or offensive language

Congressional Democrats introduced a bill Friday to rename more than 1,000 places in the US named with offensive language and racist slurs.

Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Edward Markey, and Rep. Al Green introduced the bill along with 25 cosponsors in the House of Representatives, all Democrats.

Lawmakers first introduced the bill last year with Rep. Deb Haaland, who now serves as the secretary of the interior as the first Native American cabinet secretary in US history.

"We need to immediately stop honoring the ugly legacy of racism and bigotry, and that's why I'm introducing the Reconciliation in Place Names Act with my colleagues," Warren said in a statement.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/democrats-introduced-a-bill-to-rename-more-than-1000-forests-lakes-and-mountain-peaks-named-with-racist-slurs-or-offensive-language/ar-AAMiXcw
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Democrats introduced a bill to rename more than 1,000 forests, lakes, and mountain peaks named with (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 OP
Tenaya Lake in Yosemite wryter2000 Jul 2021 #1

wryter2000

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1. Tenaya Lake in Yosemite
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 01:15 PM
Jul 2021

Supposedly, when they told Chief Tenaya they were naming the lake after him he said, “It already has a name.” Not exactly what the OP is about. Probably no one knows now what the original name was.

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