Posted on 11/23/2015 10:44:12 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
Mayor de Blasio said his son Dante has been active in protests over racial issues at Yale — and they both agree the school should drop the name of a prominent defender of slavery.
Dante, a freshman, is assigned to Yale’s Calhoun College, named for John C. Calhoun, a U.S. vice president and South Carolina senator who vehemently backed slavery as a “positive good†for the nation.
“He’s very concerned, and he certainly notes the fact that the college he’s in, Calhoun College, is named for someone it shouldn’t be named for,†de Blasio told reporters Monday. “
That’s quite evident to him, and you can understand as a young man of African descent, that it doesn’t feel particularly appropriate to live in a place named after the chief segregationist leader of the South.â€
De Blasio said Yale should “absolutely†change the college’s name to strip away the honor for Calhoun. . .
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“South Carolina senator who vehemently backed slavery as a “positive good†for the nation.”
I think he was wrong. Once I was talking to a young’un on this topic. When she mentioned it, I quickly said I think it was the most tragic mistake in Americas history.
Taken aback by my total agreement, a few seconds later she finally got it and glared at me. Good fun provoking them, its so easy.
I think you’re right. And the Wilson buildings
could be repurposed to Flip.
If “Dante” doesn’t like it, maybe he should go to a different school.
How did his son get into Yale? I want to see his GPA and SAT scores.
BTW, I wonder who President Trump would prefer to see as the next Mayor of NYC?
Anything is more fun that being in class and studying.
Can Dante read cursive?
If you ever see the GED exam you’ll understand.
“There’s no reason for Yale to rename Calhoun College. They could simply rededicate it in honor of Algonquin J. Calhoun, the shady lawyer on the Amos n’ Andy show.”
You sir are a genius!
I wish that for a big donation, Jim would let me say what I am dying to say right now in my own special words.
what nonsense.
Does Blowhard want to rename all that was named for the Grand Wizard and fellow Dem Robert Byrd? I doubt it.
I would infer no.
Dante needs to check his White privilege.
doesn’t sweet little “Dante” have any white American blood in him?...after all, isn’t Wilhelm a whitey?
Name it after Robert Byrd, the modern era Klansman Democrat. He has his name on so many other things without liberal protest...
The Four Olds
The Four Olds or the Four Old Things were Old Customs, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas. One of the stated goals of the Cultural Revolution in the People’s Republic of China was to bring an end to the Four Olds. The campaign to destroy the Four Olds began in Beijing on August 19, 1966, shortly after the launch of the Cultural Revolution.
— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Olds
More idiots that only want to pick and choose how far down the (slave) rabbit hole to go in our America’s slave history from 1619 to 1865.
If your going to wipe out history let’s do it right and remove all traces of slavery in the USA. NOT
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