Abraham Lincoln HS in San Francisco may get renamed — iconic president who abolished slavery wasn’t woke enough, renaming committee head says – By Dave Urbanski (The Blaze) / Dec 15 2020
‘Uprooting the problematic names and symbols that currently clutter buildings, streets, throughout the city is a worthy endeavor,’ Jeremiah Jeffries also said
As TheBlaze previously reported, Abraham Lincoln’s name — along with the names of dozens of other historical figures with connections to slavery, genocide, or oppression — may soon may be coming off buildings in the San Francisco school district.
Friday is the deadline to have all the names submitted for consideration — and the San Francisco Chronicle shared insights from the man in charge of the renaming committee as to why Lincoln and other figures are on the chopping block — and why others aren’t.
What are the details?
“Uprooting the problematic names and symbols that currently clutter buildings, streets, throughout the city is a worthy endeavor,” Jeremiah Jeffries, chairman of the renaming committee and a first-grade teacher in San Francisco, told the paper. “Only good can come from the public being reflective and intentional about the power of our words, names, and rhetoric within our public institutions.”
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