[San Antonio, Texas] Harlandale board considers renaming 'Stonewall' school [César Chávez]

San Antonio Express-News ^ | 12/14/2005 | Michelle M. Martinez

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Proof that liberalism is a mental disorder.

[Semper Paratus]

They could change it to honor the gay Stonewall riot in NYC.

[LongElegantLegs]

San Antonio ping

[dfwgator]

They could be PC without even having to change the name, and claim it's named after the Stonewall Riots.

[gondramB]

Chavez?! Lord knows THAT's not offensive. /extreme sarcasm

[wideawake]

One of my greatest regrets from my college years was that I was going to attend a lecture by Cesar Chavez with a bag of grapes and consume them while laughing at inappropriate points in his speech.

I foolishly allowed myself to be dissuaded by friends.

[wideawake]

Actually, I believe it's spelled Thtonewall.

[2banana]

"I evaluated all the schools in San Antonio that are named after racists and bigots," he said. "Stonewall stood out as the worst of all of the people."

According to the liberal thought police - Castro Elementary school would be A-OK

[Ditto]

Just tell these PC idiots that it was named for the Stonewall Riots and they won't dare mess with the name.

[ladtx]

Uh--I don't think schools are normally named with a persons nickname are they? If it was indeed named after Thomas J. Jackson it would be named the Jackson-Flanders Elementary school. I think the libs have the solution, but are in desparate need of a problem.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

I recently went looking for my old elementary school in California (Salinas), it appears Sanborn Elementary is now Sanchez elementary. They basically took a significant historical name for this very old school and slapped some deceased board members name on it. The reason is that the high population of Latinos could more easily identify with the new name.....BARF!!

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PC BS!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off this South Texas/Mexico ping list.

[Doogle]

...another 10 years down the road Usama High will be proposed. Noting his importance in history. Nothing matters to these people,these hate America first groupies. They push through PC agenda's without ever considering the US CITIZEN.

Doogle

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Or they could name it 'Jackson'. Just don't specify which Jackson.

[kittymyrib]

This is idiotic even for Harlandale. No one, not even the unintelligent, would name a school for the nickname of a person. They would have named it for the last name, hence Jackson-Fenley School. Of course, then all of those who thought it was named for Jesse Jackson might have been upset, but you can't please everyone.

[gondramB]

"Or they could name it 'Jackson'. Just don't specify which Jackson."

This is in Texas, they should name it for one of the two Bush Presidents.

[SwinneySwitch]

What's wrong with Flanders?

In Flanders Fields - a poem by Dr. John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

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Calzoncit says Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was a racist and the school should not bear his name.

"I evaluated all the schools in San Antonio that are named after racists and bigots," he said. "Stonewall stood out as the worst of all of the people."

This statement is an absolute lie. Jackson never owned slaves and has a documented history of kindness to both slaves and free blacks. If liberals ever told the truth about anything...there wouldn't be any liberals left.

[SwinneySwitch]

Between the crosses, row on row,

We can't have that on a government building!/sarcasm

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“It's named after Stonewall Jackson, who was a racist, a bigot, a slave owner,” says Nick Calzoncit, a community leader. “[Jackson was] responsible for the deaths of teenage boys at Chipultipec.”

I think it is more about Chipultipec!

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=B148D6B6-F73D-42FC-A0D4-DDBE35520052

Civil War Controversy at Elementary School
LAST UPDATE: 12/9/2005 6:15:13 PM
Posted By: Lauren Jenkins
This story is available on your cell phone at mobile.woai.com.

A Civil War hero is at the center of a controversy within the Harlandale School District. Stonewall-Flanders Elementary is under attack by Hispanic leaders.

“It's named after Stonewall Jackson, who was a racist, a bigot, a slave owner,” says Nick Calzoncit, a community leader. “[Jackson was] responsible for the deaths of teenage boys at Chipultipec.”

Calzoncit claims history shows “Stonewall” Jackson slaughtered young Mexican soldiers during the Mexican-American war. Calzoncit says a school with nearly 100% Mexican-American enrollment shouldn’t be named after a man who committed such crimes. The school district isn’t buying that story.

“We don't have any historical proof it was indeed named after Stonewall Jackson,” says Harlandale ISD Spokesman, David Ochoa. “If there is evidence that the school was named after Stonewall Jackson that evidence needs to be brought to our attention.”

News 4 WOAI did a little digging. We contacted UTSA History professor Felix Almaraz to get some answers. Almaraz says Jackson was just a young lieutenant, and that the Mexican nationals were killed during battles with American forces.

“It was perhaps a tragedy of that war,” says Professor Almaraz.

Almaraz says the name of the school and the street has nothing to do with the Civil War hero.

“They would gather the loose stones and pile them up and apply mortar,” says Almaraz. “They created stonewalls.”

Despite what the professor says Calzoncit and members of the League of United Latin-American Citizens plan to present the Harlandale School board with petitions, calling for the name change. News 4 WOAI will let you know what happens.