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Back to the drawing board Captain William H Justice. G Company, 19th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry. Confederate States of America. Looks like the school board members are the real racists
it’s hilarious how it took the election of a moron like Trump to finally get the ridiculous name off that school. it’s quite a legacy he’s building for himself.
Bonespurs In Chief Wrote:
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> it’s hilarious how it took the election of a
> moron like Trump to finally get the ridiculous
> name off that school. it’s quite a legacy
> he’s building for himself.
It's hilarious that you think that. This process started over two years ago.
Ask any student currently attending if they know who JEB Stuart is, and if they care about his "place" in American history. 97% won't even know who he is, and if you tell them, won't care. The name isn't the problem, its the school administration and the school board itself that is failing these kids. I reckon parents too can be blamed to an extent. Just another issue for fcps to hide behind. What/who will they go after once the name change is complete?
Omat Wrote:
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> Back to the drawing board Captain William H
> Justice. G Company, 19th Regiment, Virginia
> Cavalry. Confederate States of America. Looks like
> the school board members are the real racists
I appreciate them doing this but What will the sports teams be renamed?
Fairfax High already has the Rebels.
phelpsmarc Wrote:
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> I look forward to seeing array of new gear proudly
> promoting the
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> (Social) Justice Warriors.
I remember reading the original story about the name change. It was about a female 11th grader who finally learned who Stuart was and was appalled the school bore his name.
Even then I thought: you wait until the third year of a place you go to every day to learn who the person was? And it took you until 11th grade to learn about the Civil War?
Those kids are stupid Wrote:
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> I remember reading the original story about the
> name change. It was about a female 11th grader who
> finally learned who Stuart was and was appalled
> the school bore his name.
>
> Even then I thought: you wait until the third year
> of a place you go to every day to learn who the
> person was? And it took you until 11th grade to
> learn about the Civil War?
The culture at the school was to say as little about its namesake as possible. It wasn't really a source of great pride, you know.
Safe Spaces Wrote:
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> > I look forward to seeing array of new gear
> proudly
> > promoting the
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> > (Social) Justice Warriors.
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> Pink pussy helmets for the football team.
The intent of the name is entirely political in nature and is just an attempt to impose left-wing social justice warrior ideology on the tax paying public.
If they were going to rename it they should have stayed away from politics.
Safe Spaces Wrote:
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> phelpsmarc Wrote:
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> > I look forward to seeing array of new gear
> proudly
> > promoting the
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> > (Social) Justice Warriors.
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> Pink pussy helmets for the football team.
Now county is looking for $1 million in donations to make the name change.
Me, NOT!!!!!, not voluntarily supporting this liberal cause, though any shortage in donations will be taxed to county citizens per the news article. Again another perfect example of so called political correctness being expensive and costing much money.
Why would anyone contribute towards this? The community voted for Stuart. No one voted for Justice! Let the School Board members who disregarded the community’s vote, contribute their salary. No tax dollars should be expended.
but it was the RIGHT thing to do so cost doesn't matter - even if you now have 32 kids in a class. oh, but we can fix that with MORE money. It won't end till you vote them out.
Many of us knew that the school board wasn't going to follow the community's recommendation and they WAS NOT going to name a school after a person of color.
No person should have to worry about being shot by the police, treated with suspicion, or discriminated against in the workplace because of the color of their skin. Right now, in America, white people don't have to worry about that. Non-white people do. The goal in the fight for racial justice isn't to bring privileged groups down, but to lift oppressed groups up. Nothing going to change unless we talk about it.
Invent false news to create drama and bankrupt the country over.
There's nothing ti whine about or talk about.
Priveleged and oppressed "groups"? Really?
Opportunity is there for all and rights are individual rights not group rights. Yoy libs are scarey dangerous. BTW Archie Bunker is a trup
It's funny how in Charlottesville they went from Lee Park to "Emancipation Park" and from Jackson Park to Justice Park. The 2 statues in those parks of Lee and Jackson, were just unmasked due to a court order.