The purpose of this blog is to discuss the changing of the names of streets, cities, schools, parks and everything else on the landscape to deracialize the landscape so it isn't a white supremacist text.
There are other aspects of landscape reparations which are important also and should be pursued. This blog is going to concern itself with how the landscape is named and how that shapes people's thinking for to be racist or be against racism.
SOME RESOURCES.
1. LANDSCAPE REPARATIONS WEBPAGE: This is a page about Landscape Reparation with links to papers, podcasts, and new items about that topic.
http://templeofdemocracy.com/landscape-reparations.html
2. LANDSCRAPE REPARTIONS YOUTUBE CHANNEL:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7EWB2kERshlQquT3BZT-g
The channel has its first video "Maps Talk" which discusses how maps communicate values and how a map with white supremacists names is a white supremacist text and is a force for white supremacy. Also how maps erase African Americans from the historical past. This is the link.
3. DALLAS: The following is about Landscape Reparations in Dallas, Texas. It would be useful for examples of how to go about deracializing the landscape and types of opposition you might encounter. The learnings could be applied to your local situation.
http://templeofdemocracy.com/dallas.html
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