Posted on 02/22/2021 2:17:23 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The renaming of 44 schools in the San Francisco Unified School District is apparently being put on hold after intense local and national blowback.
In a statement first released in the San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday, SF school board president Gabriela López said it would make reopening schools during the pandemic the “only focus,” and that renaming committee meetings will be cancelled for now.
In response to widespread criticism that the school board had not consulted historians before the near-unanimous decision, Lopez promised a "more deliberative process moving forward, which includes engaging historians at nearby universities to help" with future name-change discussions.
"I acknowledge and take responsibility that mistakes were made in the renaming process," Lopez said in her statement.
The school board approved three weeks ago the renaming of schools in seeking to exclude affiliations with racism, slavery, colonization and other troubled legacies. The namesakes included presidents Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson; Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein and others.
Since the school board’s decision, Lopez has struggled to justify the move in interviews. The Chronicle also reported Sunday that Lopez and two other board members are facing a recall petition.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
The district’s arts department has decided to change its name, “VAPA” (visual and performing arts) to “SFUSD Arts Department” because they say “acronyms are a symptom of white supremacy culture,” reports ABC7
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Woke. Rhythms with joke.
They could change the school names to numbers, but that would legitimize math, which is racist.
Aww too bad. I certainly don’t want this cesspool of humanity and corruption appropriating the names of true American heroes.
Snort.
Like that's gonna help.
“Lopez and two other board members are facing a recall petition”
I assume a recall petition is what we in the UK call a “vote of no confidence”, which often leads to dismissal, resignation or new elections etc.
Lopez should just resign under the circumstances.
I’m surprised they didn’t include the comment that “Visual Arts” are discriminatory to those who are either “blind,” or have no vision. (multiple meanings to ‘no vision’)
That's awfully white of her.
So sue me, I've used that phrase for years.
It seems that they do not know that of which they speak.
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