There was a controversy in Richmond Virginia years ago about a street name. Powhite. Was it pronounced Pow-Hite after the mythical indian tribe, or Po’ White? Do you want to live on Slabtown or Queenstown? antonymic names.
Negative reactions to Maya Lin’s design for the Memorial wall were so strong that several Congressmen complained, and Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt refused to issue a building permit. As the most highly ranked sculptor in the competition,[5] Frederick Hart was commissioned to create a sculpture in order to appease those who wanted a more traditional approach.–Wikipedia
