Activists in Berkeley, Calif. are angling to change the name of Jefferson Elementary school because the signer of the Declaration of Independence owned slaves during his lifetime, reports the Berkeley Daily Planet.
Instigators of the change have garnered the signatures of 40 percent of the staff and 32 percent of the parents in their effort. Now, students must vote on the change.
Should Jefferson go, he would be the latest in a stream of dead white males scrubbed from school buildings in Berkeley. Abraham Lincoln Elementary was renamed Malcolm X following community pressure some years ago, and just four years ago Christopher Columbus Elementary was rebuilt and renamed after Rosa Parks.
Originally posted by PAPA G maybe they should rename the school the "wacko-jacko supply house"
Works for me.
Mr. Jefferson also owned mules. I would think that this historical fact would be a grave insult to the ancestry of all Berkeley graduates and staff....
frankly i'm getting tired of this race crap!!! what about all the white people that died to free them ? and if they really want to stop being called n**** then stop useing the word. they call each other the word more than white people say it.
Mr. Jefferson also owned mules. I would think that this historical fact would be a grave insult to the ancestry of all Berkeley graduates and staff....
Excellent!
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How 'bout we print up some fliers advertising a Gay/Lesbian Liberal think-tank for the promotion of white, heterosexual, family-loving, church-going male-bashing, then nuke the whole !!!! state when they all show up? It's amazing how all these liberal pukes want to re-write history because it doesn't jive with their utopian ideals.
Originally posted by tommy frankly i'm getting tired of this race crap!!! what about all the white people that died to free them ? and if they really want to stop being called n**** then stop useing the word. they call each other the word more than white people say it.
I may be wrong as never have been to Berkley, but this is being pushed by a bunch of rich spoiled white kids. I do not think Berkley has a high Black population?
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Berkley has plenty trust me I grew up near that cesspool -- between berkley and oakland there are plenty in the population. The area could benefit from a 9.5 quake
Aw, they're just sensitive caring people in touch with the special needs of the oppressed minority community. Sadly, of course, they've totally lost touch with their own cultural heritage and history.
That's a mighty confused bunch of grapenuts out there.
If that is the case than shouldn't black people change their name from Washington, Jefferson or the same name of anyone who owned slaves?? Seems logical to me.
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Sadly, of course, they've totally lost touch with their own cultural heritage and history. 
