Florida Town Votes To Change Name of Road From ‘Old Dixie Highway’ To ‘Barack Obama Highway’

“Each member will vote Yay or Nay to rid this city of a street name that still invokes memories of racism and slavery in the Old South,” said Mayor Thomas Masters just before the vote.

The mayor asked council members to “rise above any divisive thoughts about President Obama and get rid of the Old Dixie name.”

The actually want to change the name from ‘Old Dixie’, which can hardly be considered racist, to the name of a president who has set back race relations in the country 60 years.