Posted on 06/18/2020 7:36:17 PM PDT by usafa92
School officials in Camden announced a plan this week to rename 90-year-old Woodrow Wilson High School.
The decision came after a concerted grassroots effort, including a Change.org petition a year ago, to drive support for the measure.
“I will be leading the charge with a committee made up of community, alumni, students and administrators as we explore a new name for Woodrow Wilson High School,” Camden Superintendent of Schools Katrina McCombs said Tuesday during a virtual school advisory board meeting. “This is a process that must be done in a collaborative manner. We thank the many community members…who raised the concern about the school being named after an individual who expressed and demonstrated racist values.”
Wilson, a Democrat, was president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. Prior to being elected president he was the governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913. He was born and raised in Virginia.
Wilson, the first southerner to be elected president since 1848, has been both praised and vilified for his administration. He racially re-segregated parts of the U.S. government.
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Wilson also was an avowed segregationist. He once said that "the whole temper and tradition of the place are such that no negro has ever applied for admission," according to the committee report. It added that when a black student in 1909 asked about applying, Wilson said "that it is altogether inadvisable for a colored man to enter Princeton."
The name “Princeton” is itself racist as it is steeped in the cult of British royalty, the epitome of white privilege.
The town had been known as “Princetown” and “Prince’s Town” before settling on Princeton.
Will the university change its name?
Yale is named after Elihu Yale, slave trader.
Elihu was a big time racist slave trader, con man and criminal.
Wilson’s rabid racism was a well-kept Democrat Party secret for decades—guess they are ready to become the Donner Party.
He was a role model for the racist progressive party.
The tables will be turned when we nail the Clintons to one for their connections with the KKK $inators.
Absolutely.
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