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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids go to a former segregation academy. You have too much time on your hands, OP. Find real problems.[/quote]

As someone said earlier,  a four letter name can be sandblasted off a building, or painted over,  in an hour or two of work.

There is value in removing names honoring segregationists and racists---particularly since many of those names were put on school buildings to make clear to Black children and parents that the white majority believes that Black students don't belong in the school.

It's 2024.  DC, including CHDS, can belatedly reject racism directed at children.[/quote]

Our school isn't named after a person. You can't erase history. And frankly, it's disgusting to make white children feel guilty what happened to black people 50 years ago.[/quote]
Why should changing the name of a school (or in this case, removing an old name off a school building) make the white students feel guilty? It’s ok to acknowledge that those specific people are not who should be honored in 2024 without making children feel guilty. [/quote]

An old name on a building isn't "honoring someone." But enjoy your pretend problems, I guess.[/quote]

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