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Republican lawmaker wants to rename Lake Erie to Lake Pennsylvania | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
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[–] 9 points 1 day ago (6 children)

That's an easy one - racism. "Erie" is a Native American/First Nations name. "Pennsylvania" is "Penn's Woods", honoring a white European colonizer.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    4 great lakes are native names, and idk how many states, at least half I would hazard. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, I think Montana, idk Idaho, Wyoming maybe, Mississippi, Missouri, and so forth. I think not sure on all of these.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    I fail to see how renaming Pennsylvania to Erie is racism regardless of the etymology of both names.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    I think he means that because it's a first Nations name they wouldn't do it.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Yes this. Trump was happy to rename Ontario, the name the lake has held for centuries, even before Europeans arrived. There is a reason Canadas First Nations are deeply pro crown, republican Quebec or Alberta would follow America in replacing all things indigenous with their white alternatives.

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