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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was just a request for information about the status of school names. There's no specific plan to rename everything. Why is information bad?[/quote]

Because spending money to write a report on who owned slaves is a massive, irresponsible waste in a district that doesn’t have enough money to educate kids.

And you know who else owned slaves—Washington, Jefferson, etc...are we renaming everything named after them?[/quote]

Well, a sane person would willingly engage in a conversation about WHY the person is being honored and how we reckon with the full truth of their legacies.

But you do you, dad. I know you're not "a racist." People are just TAKING THINGS TOO FAR.[/quote]

DP. But where does it end- as PP asks will we be renaming things with Washington and Jefferson too?

I also agree that with all the other issues MCPS has right now, this is a complete waste of time/resources.  [/quote]

“Where does it end?” is a fine question but only if you’re actually willing to engage with your community to answer it.

For example, imo, a 1900s statue of Lee should come down because it was put up as part of a violent, government supported terrorism campaign and existed to celebrate the ability of white southerners to deny equal status to black Southerners.

Jefferson, on the other hand, is mostly memorialized because of his articulation of American ideals which in practice were denied to black Americans among others but in substance remain our greatest hope for the future.

That said, I certainly respect the arguments of students etc who want to see a Jefferson statue contextualized differently or removed. I think we have to just have the conversations and find out “where does it end” together in good faith. [/quote]

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