Posted on 04/09/2024 3:27:49 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
The Caucus of African American Leaders of Anne Arundel County (CAAL) has called on officials to consider renaming the recently-collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, arguing that the author of the national anthem “demeaned black people” with the song's lyrics and that he had slaves.
Key, a Maryland native who wrote a poem that served as the basis for America’s national anthem the Star Spangled Banner, should have his name scrubbed from the new bridge when it is built, and that it should instead honor Parren J. Mitchell, the first black man from the state to be elected to the United States House of Representatives.
According to the Baltimore Banner, the CAAL voted unanimously on Monday to recommend the name change, going on to urge Gov. Wes Moore and the Maryland General Assembly to take their concerns into consideration.
When asked whether changing the name was on the table, Moore explained that he was focused on analyzing the wreckage, ensuring commerce can continue in the port, and rebuilding the bridge.
"I think any other conversations along those lines, there will be time for that," he added, "but now's not the time."
In a Facebook post, the CAAL claimed that "taxpayer's dollars were being used to honor racism," and noted that it expected to face "backlash" for its push to change the name.
The group pointed out that Key owned slaves and claimed that "those who have examined the 'Star Spangled Banner' lyrics will 'discover' his disdain for Black people."
It will be the George Floyd bridge.
He was an attorney and defended slaves.
Let no opportunity to create stink be left unexploited.
Hey, since they are paying for rebuilding the bridge they should have the right to rename it ... Bwhahahahahahaha
I said this off the bat. The wikipedia page for Francis Scott Key says in the second paragraph that he was a slave owner. If you go back through the edit history, in 2018, they removed text that mentions he freed them and generally railed against slavery.
Donald Trump Bridge.
Thank you for posting that. Exactly what we are facing now.
Same with the Hoover dam. It is and always will be to me.
Hood Rat River Bridge.....
LOL.
I wish these people had to earn a living.
Let’s make it the Edgar Allan Poe bridge.
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How about the Babe Ruth bridge?
I crack me up.
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I think we should go whole hog on this and start with the renaming of Washington, D.C. Washington had slaves, and Columbus kicked off the whole European colonization thing, and slavery, and the genocide of indigenous peoples. Renaming a bridge here, a school there, or removing a statue, are small measures and are soon forgotten. Let’s start with something really big so people start getting what this is all about.
And every MLK Boulevard is a crime-ridden $hithole.
I’m sick and tired of these perpetually aggrieved black retards and their endless whining.
Nothing but a racist group here.
Hey, Caucus of African American Leaders of Anne Arundel County, bitch to the African tribal leaders who sold you into slavery. In the mean time, shut up already.
I think we were predicting it before the span landed on the ship’s bow.
Told my wife the day it happened some group would start demanding to rename the bridge because - racism. I was guessing the George Floyd Memorial Bridge would be in the running.
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