Posted on 12/01/2015 2:12:34 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The virulent racism of the progressives must be hidden at all costs.
Let them eat their own.
If Universities want to be consistent, many of them would have to drop their names.
Let’s take YALE for instance.
The school was named after ELIHU YALE, a slave owner and in fact, a slave trader. What are they going to name it? Hillary Clinton University after their illustrious alumni? Yeah, that’s the trick.
How about Stanford University, named after Leland Stanford? He was well known for being anti-Chinese immigration and well known for defending caucasians as the “superior” race.
January 1862, Stanford said, “The presence of numbers of that degraded and distinct people would exercise a deleterious effect upon the superior race.”
His statement was initially received with widespread enthusiasm, and Stanford was lauded as a defender of the white race. Public opinion shifted when it was revealed that Stanford’s Central Pacific Railroad had recruited and imported thousands of Chinese laborers to construct the railway track.
So, how to rename Stanford University? Hmmm... Moonbeam University (yea, that’s the ticket ).
Although Ronald Reagan University would be better... :)
Right. Political correctness flies both ways. Leave stuff alone.
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