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re: Ft Worth Votes to change stretch of road because the color "white" offends people...

Posted on 10/22/25 at 8:25 pm to
Posted by Wade Phillips
Member since Dec 2008
620 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 8:25 pm to
quote:

I seriously doubt anyone is. My guess is the developer wanted it changed to the name of their $Billion investment that they are building for marketing purposes and used the offensiveness as an excuse.


They now have a bunch of baws from across the country talking about their new development that otherwise would have never heard of it.


This is right. What Bob Bass wants, he gets in FW. This was his ask.
Posted by bignuss18
Member since Sep 2025
806 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 8:53 pm to
Why
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
43145 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 9:29 pm to
It's a 1.7 billion dollar development called Westside so the developer wanted the road named after his development. Whether you agree with a.rich.developer.changing a road name or not, it is not unusual for that to happen.
This post was edited on 10/22/25 at 9:37 pm
Posted by wfallstiger
Wichita Falls, Texas
Member since Jun 2006
15766 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 11:15 pm to
Correct
Posted by ole man
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2007
18030 posts
Posted on 10/23/25 at 3:29 am to
White is right!!!!!!!
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
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Posted on 10/23/25 at 4:04 am to
Add French Lick, IN
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
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Posted on 10/23/25 at 4:09 am to
Cumming, GA
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Posted by Lawyered
The Sip
Member since Oct 2016
38361 posts
Posted on 10/23/25 at 4:10 am to
You know they couldn’t wait to celebrate this monumental display of white guilt on Facebook

Surprised they didn’t wash indigenous peoples feet at the final vote as atonement
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
39270 posts
Posted on 10/23/25 at 4:49 am to
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I mean White Settlement does seem not okay

Sure, to someone that sees everything through a racial or offended lens.
To everyone else, it’s just some old name of a place.
This post was edited on 10/23/25 at 4:51 am
Posted by goldennugget
NIL Ruined College Sports
Member since Jul 2013
26376 posts
Posted on 10/23/25 at 4:51 am to
Fort Worth is only full of Mexicans and White Karens these days.
Posted by TaderSalad
mudbug territory
Member since Jul 2014
26443 posts
Posted on 10/23/25 at 5:44 am to
Obama set this country back centuries.
Posted by TulsaSooner78
Member since Aug 2025
2934 posts
Posted on 10/23/25 at 6:24 am to
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are they going to change the name of the town too?


Looked it up on Wiki - 33% of the current residents are Hispanic / Latino.

The name of a recent mayor of White Settlement was Ron White. No joke.

He died in office in 2023.
Posted by Hobie101
Member since May 2012
1090 posts
Posted on 10/23/25 at 6:31 am to
Y’all are like little girls reposting on here every time something a little controversial pops up on the socials, hoping for some attention and upvotes
Posted by DownSouthJukin
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Member since Jan 2014
31776 posts
Posted on 10/23/25 at 6:33 am to
Fort Worth is going the way of Dallas. Sad.
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
20102 posts
Posted on 10/23/25 at 6:35 am to
I personally find every single one of these events hilarious.

Posted by Lutcher Lad
South of the Mason-Dixon Line
Member since Sep 2009
7584 posts
Posted on 10/23/25 at 6:37 am to
Will they denounce and abandon the Democratic Party for their role in the slavery debacle? After all, it was the Democrats who fought to keep slaves in chains picking cotton, not the Republicans. And the Democrats actually started the KKK.
So if you're gonna rename all the connections to the confederacy so that a certain group can feel better about themselves, why not erase that big connection to the slavery past?
Posted by TexasTiger1185
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2011
13168 posts
Posted on 10/23/25 at 7:11 am to
It says right in the quoted part that the reason for the change is a $1.7B retail and residential development. I don’t see anywhere that it claims the reason for the change is because people are butthurt. Onne person is quoted saying get over it, that’s it.
Posted by The Third Leg
Idiot Out Wandering Around
Member since May 2014
12635 posts
Posted on 10/23/25 at 7:15 am to
quote:

are they going to change the name of the town too?

Cracker village
Posted by Dragula
Laguna Seca
Member since Jun 2020
6816 posts
Posted on 10/23/25 at 7:45 am to
quote:

It says right in the quoted part that the reason for the change is a $1.7B retail and residential development. I don’t see anywhere that it claims the reason for the change is because people are butthurt. Onne person is quoted saying get over it, that’s it.


If you live near the area you’ll know it’s more than a commercial complex wanting to change the name. The city name and street has been a topic of debate over the years.


LINK
Posted by RebelliousGooner
NCAA HQ Indianapolis
Member since Jul 2012
667 posts
Posted on 10/23/25 at 9:06 am to
I drive this stretch of road every single day multiple times. It's not a big deal - the developers who just bought up the land and are putting a huge multi use development there want a different name for marketing purposes.

The name isn't rooted in racism, and at the same time it's not that special of a name. Of all the things to get up in arms about changing the name of a road to better market your investment seems like the last thing we should care about. The rest of the road and the municipality isn't changing. There is not some big push to change everything.

Y'all need to not get so mad over a dumb story that has little impact on anyone's life.
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