Posted on 06/23/2020 7:25:20 AM PDT by knighthawk
What’s in a name? For the state of Rhode Island, years of acrimony over an official designation with connotations of slavery.
But change is brewing in the union’s smallest state, as Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo signed an executive order on Monday taking the "first steps" to change the state’s full name: "The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."
The "plantations" part of the name has come under increased scrutiny following widespread protests after the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
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We shouldn’t be looking to gerrymander. That’s reaching too far, and isn’t reasonable.
I’m just trying to reduce the number of Senators from there. Make it 2 instead of 10.
The Providence Plantations part was the mainland. The full name of the state is a bit of history that has nothing to do with slavery and should be left well enough alone!
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