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| Jefferson Davis school in Mississippi to be renamed after Barack Obama |
| 2017-10-19 |
[WASHINGTONTIMES] A predominantly black elementary school in Jackson, Mississippi, named after Confederate President Jefferson Davis, will be renamed after former President Barack ObamaBecause I won... , leaders announced Tuesday. Davis Magnet IB PTA President Janelle Jefferson said during the Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees meeting that school stakeholders voted earlier this month to rename the school Barack Obama Magnet IB, a move that will go into effect for the 2018-19 school year, The Clarion Ledger reported. "Jefferson Davis, although infamous in his own right, would probably not be too happy about a diverse school promoting the education of the very individuals he fought to keep enslaved being named after him," Ms. Jefferson said. "I wholeheartedly agree with the name," Board President Camille Simms said at Tuesday’s meeting. In September, the board approved a policy that gave the PTA and the Davis community control in renaming the school. Parents, students and staff submitted name ideas to the PTA and voted on Oct. 5 using paper ballots, Mississippi Today reported. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 TW beat me to it. |
| Posted by: KBK 2017-10-19 21:51 |
| #11 You're, even. But (belatedly brushing up the numbers) those Carter years... jeebus. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-10-19 20:01 |
| #10 Your right. That's unfair, and based on nothing but my subjective sense that, numbers notwithstanding, welfare revved up and "got normalized" during Nixon's tenure. Please file under "second beer exposes ancient prejudice." |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-10-19 19:59 |
| #9 I know about LBJ, but what did Nixon do? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-10-19 19:19 |
| #8 Yo, me too. Who, since Lee, has more effectively promoted the Confederate cause than Obama? And who's done more than Obama to promote the continued enslavement of blacks in America? Johnson? Nixon? |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-10-19 19:16 |
| #7 #6 Snark of the day? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-10-19 16:59 |
| #6 Makes sense - from one traitor to another.... |
| Posted by: Lampedusa Jomosh9614 2017-10-19 16:19 |
| #5 Public institutions like ships should only be named after the dead. "Holder Probationary" |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-10-19 11:35 |
| #4 Public institutions like ships should only be named after the dead. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-10-19 09:59 |
| #3 Let them enjoy it while they may. In a few years they'll change it to someone more admitable -- W.E.B. Dubois, George Washington Carver, Clarence Thomas, Walter E. Williams, Thomas Sowell -- there are plenty of real African-American heroes to choose from. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-10-19 09:32 |
| #2 Be careful because everything this school's namesake touches turns to $#!÷. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-10-19 00:33 |
| #1 And the kids will wear “ BO” tshirts. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-10-19 00:30 |