At least two schools, one in New York City and one in Chicago, are named for General of the Army William Tecumseh Sherman. Sherman was the architect of total war against the South during the so called “Civil” War and a policy of genocide against the Plains Indians after the war. The type of crimes committed by Sherman merited death sentences against German generals at Nuremberg in 1946.
William T. Sherman is simply not an appropriate name for a public school anywhere and is highly offensive to people in the South and Native Americans.
This is a request to the Chancellor of the New York City Dept of Education and the Chairman of the Chicago Public Schools Board of Education to change the name of their respective W.T. Sherman Schools.
Here some Sherman quotes to ponder:
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Sounds good to me. Sherman was nothing more than a mass murderer anyway,
ReplyDeletenot to mention his sanity was in question. Might has well put the name Charles
Manson Elementary School..After all, what difference does it make. Ha
Really. :)
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