George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are no longer suitable names for public schools in San Francisco.On Tuesday, the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted to change the names of 42 schools because of alleged associations with slaveholding, colonization or oppression.
Those who supported the changes, which affect a third of the district’s schools, said names should reflect the values of a community.But opponents questioned why some names were included, while others said the focus should be on more substantive issues. “What I view it as is an opportunity for our schools to embody the characteristics of and feel a sense of pride in the chosen name,” said board president Gabriela López, who voted in favor of the name changes. “This in no way erases our history. It cannot, and we will not forget the past. But we can honor the work that has been done to dismantle racism and white supremacy culture.”
Despite his august reputation as the president who led the Union in the Civil War and ended slavery, Lincoln is “not seen as much of a hero” by many Native Americans, according to a member of theFeinstein, who has an elementary school named after her, made the list because of controversies decades ago, around the time she was mayor, involving the redevelopment of a building that had housed Chinese and Filipino tenants, as well as an incident involving a Confederate flag at City Hall.
Each school has until April 19 to submit suggestions for new names to the renaming committee, which will then offer final options to the board.
San Francisco is my home town which I love. The School Board and those that empower them have lost their minds.
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What's next, renaming the city itself? I'm sure St. Francis of Asisi must've done something bad; he was Catholic after all. Some alternatives: City of Shit and Urine Grossville HillHell Peninsula Addictland
White people bad ...
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They have bigger fish to fry with the homeless situation