Dianne Feinstein canceled by hometown San Francisco school board by changing elementary school name
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Dianne Feinstein canceled by hometown San Francisco school board by changing elementary school name
The San Francisco school board has voted to drop California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's name, among others, from their school buildings.
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Forty-four schools whose namesakes the board believed to have disreputable histories were dumped, including Feinstein Elementary School, John Muir Elementary, Lincoln High, Lowell High, Roosevelt Middle, and Washington High, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Feinstein, the first female mayor of San Francisco and a lifelong Democrat, was the only living person whose name was noted for removal. The elementary school named after Feinstein will be renamed over allegations she initially replaced a damaged Confederate flag that was part of an 18-banner historical display outside of City Hall when she was mayor of San Francisco in 1984.
The flag had been part of the display 14 years before Feinstein took office. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, she did not replace the flag after it was taken down a second time by protesters, and she announced it would not fly again.
While the removal of Confederate soldier monuments was the focus of Black Lives Matter demonstrations across the country, activism to scrutinize and scorn U.S. presidents such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley, James Garfield, and other significant figures in U.S. history followed.
A volunteer panel appointed by the Board of Education three years ago kicked off the process of the renaming of the schools, and a "blue-ribbon panel" reviewed all 114 school names, paying particular attention to names of people "who engaged in the subjugation and enslavement of human beings," or who "oppressed women," or whose "actions led to genocide," or who "otherwise significantly diminished the opportunities of those amongst us to the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," the resolution said.
The committee's findings were then given to the board as recommendations.
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Can the fine folks of SF actually get any crazier?
What's next--- a comprehensive list of street names that need to be changed?
How long before these yahoos start clamoring to change the name of Washington State and Washington, D.C.?
Perhaps the loons should look to change the name of their city--after all, naming a city after a saint might be offensive to those who don't believe in saints!