Posted on 11/15/2015 4:41:04 PM PST by markomalley
Georgetown University will rename two buildings named for school presidents who organized the sale of Jesuit-owned slaves to help pay off campus debt in the 1830s, the university’s president announced.
Mulledy Hall, a new student dormitory named for the president who authorized the sale of about 272 slaves to a Louisiana plantation owner in 1838, will be called Freedom Hall until a permanent name is chosen.
McSherry Hall, which houses a meditation center and was named for another university president who served as an adviser on the slave sale, will be called Remembrance Hall until it is renamed.
In a letter e-mailed to the Georgetown community Saturday evening, President John J. DeGioia said he was changing the names based on a recommendation he received Friday from his Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation. DeGioia appointed the panel of 16 administrators, faculty and students in September to examine slavery-related sites on campus.
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Oh I’m sure that the black students will see an improvement in grades for sure now!
Maybe they can rename it after Robert Byrd. For a Klansman recruiter, he sure got honored by modern Democrats with a lot of named locations.
Need to rename Washington too.
Push history under the carpet! Like it never happened
This means that the Capitol of Missouri must change its name from Jefferson City.
They will eventually go after George Washington.
And, we must also erase the Declaration of Independence.
Hindsight is so 20/20.
Talk about Halls of Irony.
At least they aren't dreaded ‘permanent’ names.
Ethnic Cleansing.
Well, that's a stretch....
What white man?
Score one for the tranquility of servitude Easier to serve the P.C. crowd than to engage in a reasonable interaction with history, which is filled with somewhat flawed people who still managed to do good things.
“If you love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.â€
― Samuel Adams
Georgetown U. is, fast becoming, a school to avoid. It is a pink/red/left/”green” pile of feces. Who needs GU?
They need to change the name of their school as well . It is named for a monarch that allowed and encouraged slavery in his colonies.
I’m sickened by all of the politicians and school administrators who are hell-bent on erasing history because they can’t stand up to minority groups and tell them to shut up and sit down! Bunch of twinkies!
I wish I had known this might happen when I approved and financed my daughter's choice of university (Walsh School of Foreign Service, '94)
Damn Confederacy!
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