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A Modest Proposal: Recreating/Renaming the USA

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  • Because Thomas Jefferson was a slaveowner, the document he drafted, the Declaration of Independence (1776), should be declared null and void.
  • Because at its foundation the "United States of America" was a slave country, it should be abolished.
  • Because the USA's first president George Washington was a slaveowner, the city named after him should be abandoned.
If these steps are considered too drastic, then the USA; the Declaration of Independence; and Washington, D.C., should be renamed. 

I propose that the renaming process be headed by the Yale academic, John Witt, a professor of law and history, who chaired a Committee to Establish Principles on Renaming at his distinguished university.  

Question to the professor: Was the Kommittee named in honor of George Orwell?

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--Silly thoughts from yours truly inspired by the article, "Yale: The History We Can’t Erase."


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