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IWW Workers at Voodoo Doughnuts March on Boss in Portland; Issue Demands (itsgoingdown.org)

submitted 2 years ago by j_roby@slrpnk.net to c/portland@lemmy.ml

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[–] j_roby@slrpnk.net -1 points 2 years ago

In this context, when someone says "so called place" it is a shortened way of acknowledging that the land they are referring to wasn't always called that, that native folks have their own names for it. It's seen as a respectful gesture.

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