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Some years ago, New Orleans changed the name of George Washington school. They didn’t want a school named after someone who owned slaves. It hurt the self esteem of the almost all black student body and black teachers. They named the school after an African king. That was supposed to help the self esteem of the black students, so they weren’t forced to attend a school named after a slave owner.
Political correctness is a strong force in our society.
I guess Robert E Lee High is next.
Of course, the name of Jacksonville itself should be changed too since it is named after famous indian fighter, Andrew Jackson, who is blamed for the Trail of Tears.
It takes a half a million bucks to change the name?
seriously??
Dumbasses. Guess they don’t know that he was a staunch demokkkrat. (Just guessin’ here. About the dem part. Not the dumbasses part.)
Change it to Forrest Gump - the perfect utopia. come now Nathan Bedford Forrest later renounced his klan views and his racial bias. Here we go again time to cover up the dark times of America’s past. Lets keep the reminders of our past so as o help understand the trials and tragedies that got America to become a nation. So if we cover up the past the past never existed is so stupid. Yet what the high school will be called barack obama? now I call that offensive!
Shove your PC brainwashing ...
I admit, I searched to see what their mascot was. They are not what I’d hope for but are the Rebels. You know that will be the next change. No telling how much changing every athletic sign, school t-shirt, sports and band uniforms, repaint the buses, change the letterhead, repaint the school’s “Be a Rebel” mural, etc. Maybe they can call Moochelle to get a recommendation for a software company to change their website, too.
Whites are fools.
The US Navy will no longer use the term “alee”, as in “Put the helm hard alee”.
Approved replacement terms are “a-grant” or a-sherman”.
I wonder how many households in that district are picking up the tab.
My grandparents and parents were born there and were buried there, along with a slew of my other ancient to contemporary relatives.
Good luck resolving that via political correctness.
Name Change: Bin Laden High
Assuming the County is named after William Duval, who helped force relocation of the Seminoles and blamed their resistance on black members of the tribe, shouldn’t the school board change its name too?