White Settlement, Texas

[solypsist]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051107/...ite_settlement

hmmm....thoughts?

[Papewaio]

We have a Blacktown, Redfern etc... I don't think this is the kind of thing to get worked up about, unless it becomes a drawcard for race hate groups...

[Xiahou]

They can change it if they want... or not- doesn't matter to me. If I lived there, Id vote to keep it- PC is no reason to change your town name anymore than it is to strip a cross off your city seal.

[Kanamori]

I'd use it as a popularity stunt to increase the local economy.






Honestly, I wouldn't care either way.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I would only care if I lived there, and only because of the issues associated with changing your town's name. It isn't an instant and easy process, to my knowledge.

[solypsist]

i agree, to a certain point. changing the name is less a step in the right direction and more of a burden on business owners who'll need to pay for new stationary, signage, etc. so it's hurting business and not helping it.

that said, do u feel the same way about confederate flags as part of a city's or state's identity?

They can change it if they want... or not- doesn't matter to me. If I lived there, Id vote to keep it- PC is no reason to change your town name anymore than it is to strip a cross off your city seal.

[Divinus Arma]

Who cares.

Let's rename the Indians and Redskins while we're at it.

This all gets taken to far. My lovely wife now refers to all blacks as "african-americans". Even if the blacks are in africa. As in, the african-americans of the congo.


Blacks are black. I'm white. Who gives a flying ****. I'm going to rename my home in the spirit of the wealthy. You know, like monticello et al. I'll call my house, "white dude's stucco-box".

ya. you like that? take it! take it like you like it. cry for me.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

I know I do!

[Samurai Waki]

all I know is that I've been called "that damn Mic" ...and it never bothered me, especially after I walked away with blood all over my fist

[Xiahou]

that said, do u feel the same way about confederate flags as part of a city's or state's identity?

Yup, fine by me.

[Major Robert Dump]

If companies like WalMart and Home Depot leave town your problem is much bigger than the name. That place must suck, the taxes are probably stupid high and the citizens poor and uneducated, and the schools crap and the water tastes like sulphur I imagine.

so, yeah, don't change the name of the town. Everyone just move out or start a carnival or something you will need it.

[Bartix]

I say they go for
"White Reservation"

[Redleg]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051107/...ite_settlement

hmmm....thoughts?

Over reaction because of the name and because of industry and business moving out of the city because they can not grow within the scope of the city plan.

Changing the name will not change the fact about where the city is located and that it can not expand to insure industry will be able to utilize the properties within the city limits.

Instead of changing their name - they need to look at getting themselves incorporated into another city.

[Tribesman]

Where I live translates as white village , or more precicely little white village as the white village is across another two roads .
Interestingly useless information for you all

[Redleg]

useless information for you all

So tempting to spin this in so many ways -- must resist the tempation - must resist.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

That's rediculous...

That makes me kind of sad that I live in Texas...

[Papewaio]

Howabout Rainbow Settlement... see who that attracts.

[GoreBag]

Lame. Keep the name. "White" is an ambiguous term anyway.

[bmolsson]

Texas don't have any white people. It's too dusty for that.....

[A.Saturnus]

Why don´t they call it "very bright shade of grey settlement", I´m sure that´d be good for business.

[yesdachi]

They could just change their name to a symbol and be called the city formerly known as white settlement or for short just “the settlement”.

[BDC]

They could just change their name to a symbol and be called the city formerly known as white settlement or for short just “the settlement”.

Very cool. Could make chants at football games an issue.