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Originally Posted by JHikka
The problem is that you've given an example of companies and not public items/places like parks, statues, roads, etc. Those companies renamed themselves or altered their products because they thought it was in their best interest financially.
Would you care to provide examples of "white saviours" renaming things like parks and streets without the affected communities being included in the subsequent consultations?
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I can't think of such a problematic name change off the top of my head at the moment. Not quite the same thing, but I would point to the Tewin project as an example where certain politicians made a decision under the guise of "reconciliation" without consulting all Indigenous groups, which has caused some tensions. The legitimacy of the Algonquins of Ontario has always been in Question by Algonquins on the Quebec side (I don't have enough knowledge myself to get into that subject), not to mention the City planning aspect. This was done at the same time as the proposal to rename the PoW and Langevin Avenue for William Commanda and some Algonquin leaders have pointed to this as a hypocritical move.