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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The parents must be SO proud!
in other news, I repurchased some scrap wood as garden stakes and I’m thinking I’d more like asparagus than broccoli with thanksgiving dinner.
repurposed that is
It sounds like Junior is going to grow up to be a thug and a bully just like the old man.
Actually, his parents are probably BURSTING with pride, worthless feckless Commies that they are. And I'm sure his druggie sister is thrilled, too.
What is it with these men taking on the race or nationality of their women?
Shaking my dadgum head.
Two peas in a pod. Idiots that is........
95% of these sensitive college protestors got in through affirmative-action (though Dante likely would have got in due to family power and celebrity anyway). The protests are a handy diversion for them from the realization that they are not academically competitive in their classes.
what is most important is to appear to be making a difference
Or, really just to *care*, to *want* to make a difference, to *work at* making a difference.
Their idiotic intended results are ultimately beside the fact.
Don’t give Byrd too much credit. He never made to to Grand Wizard, was only a Kleagle. Which was a low-level functionary/recruiter.
I am still trying to figure out how DeBlasio’s lesbian wife became straight again.
He is aware that the university is named for Elihu Yale, who oversaw slave trading while in charge of Madras in the 1680's isn't he?
Also saying his kid is of African descent, no offense my boss is from Ethiopia, works in IT, has a masters in computer sci, he comes from that side of the world, and this kid is a mixed American.
You want an education , kid. Go to CUba or better yet Nicaragua.. Your dad did.
I think his white half needs to pay slave reparations, given all the blood he carries from his privileged white ancestors. I understand his shame. I'd feel embarrassed too, if my daddy was Warren Wilhelm II (a.k.a. Bill de Blasio)
"Just how much ground did we lose while our attorney was here, your honor?"
Cosmo Kramer.
his son needs a hair cut, he looks ridiculous with that big afro. that style went out 30 years ago. He looks like a clown.
[his son needs a hair cut, he looks ridiculous with that big afro. that style went out 30 years ago. He looks like a clown.]
I have a theory. Since de Blasio is so politically conscious and phony I think he encourages the boy to wear an Afro so no one will have any doubt about his racial composition.
Since de Blasio’s wife is an admitted lesbian, was junior conceived artificially?
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