Jack (10-16-2020)
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$20 says it's not dedicated to General Andrew Jackson for saving the city from British attack. Odds are it would be some political asshole.
OTOH, I'd be both surprised and pleased if it was a statue of Colonel Joseph Savary, Commander of the Second Battalion, Free Men of Color of the Louisiana Militia who was the highest ranking man of color in the US Army at the time.
https://www.blackpast.org/african-am...savary-joseph/
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3133...-h/31339-h.htm
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Jack (10-16-2020)
the schools will vote on it.
People agree to disagree all the time without getting upset such as accusing people of derailing the tread by pointing out, as fucked up as SF and Calif certainly is, it's their choice to be fucked up.
I have no idea what "racial reckoning" is in your world. Please explain it.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
No one has argued we can't do this. As stated in the OP it's bigger than just SF thus the attempted discussion. Will this have a material impact on kids and our society by actions like this? Clearly some people believe it will thus the point of bringing it up on a discussion to hear the opinions of others.
America's racial reckoning has become almost a ubiquitous term since George Floyd's death. If you're unfamiliar with it I'm not sure what to say. It was referenced in the article in the OP "The move comes amid a national reckoning on racism"
Congress and the President are Federal. SF is a city within a state. Like all schools, they only receive 8% of their funding from the Feds. Probably less percentagewise because of their high cost of living. Conflating State and Federal is exactly what the Democrats do. One-Size-Fits-Laws as you are dancing around.
If you are not trying to push your views on San Francisco then what are you doing? There's no "we" involved even if you were San Francisco's most well known drag queen. How is your fear-mongering of SF name-changes any different than Democrats bitching if a junior high in Analorifice, Arkansas changed their name from Sonny Liston High to Cap'n Jethro "Goatfucker" Johnson, CSA?
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Dude, my example with taxes wasn't about local, state or federal power it was about a topic.
This article is about SF but it's not unique to SF and I made reference to that. It's part of a broader national discussion. If you don't want to discuss then don't. And it's not simply a Republican/Democrat issue.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Actually I live in San Francisco so it's personal and you're right I don't think this will change the trajectory of kid's lives in SF or any other City (removing school's named after Robert E. Lee is a different story but that's not the issue here). However, I am open to hearing opposing arguments. If no one cares and doesn't want to offer one that is fine. But this is a discussion board.
Hawkeye10 (10-16-2020)
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
I strongly urge progressives to wage war on Abraham Lincoln.
Reminder to Democrats: He already crushed you in the flesh. Now he will do it in spirit. Also, you still hate America.
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Any problem with this:
"Harvey Milk Civil Rights Elementary is a public school located in San Francisco, CA. It has 221 students in grades K-5 with a student-teacher ratio of 22 to 1. According to state test scores, 27% of students are at least proficient in math and 37% in reading."
https://www.niche.com/k12/harvey-mil...-francisco-ca/
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
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