Gov. Ralph Northam (D) wants school systems across Virginia to change the names of schools honoring Confederate leaders.
In
a July 6 letter to the heads of school boards in the state, Northam
says the names and mascots have a "traumatizing impact on students,
families, teachers and staff of all backgrounds."
"When
our public schools are named after individuals who advanced slavery and
systemic racism, and we allow those names to remain on school property,
we tacitly endorse their values as our own," Northam wrote. "This is no
longer acceptable.
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Just skip the middle steps. Names everything MLK. every street. Every school. Every public building
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:( They'd still come up with some complaint.
DeleteWhy don't we make his head into a monument ?
ReplyDeleteand/or display his head on a pike.
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