Column: Here we go again with the name debate and claims of erasing history
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Another School Falls to Woke Culture by Erasing Its Catholic History
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Another School Falls to Woke Culture by Erasing Its Catholic History
Prompted by the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and related demonstrations, Erica Renfree, Junipero Serra High School principal, called St. Junipero Serra a colonialist and a racist. Renfree and the San Diego Unified School District board of trustees changed the school’s name to Canyon Hills High School/Mat Kwatup KunKun. Pictured: This bronze statue of Father Junipero Serra was removed from the front of Ventura City Hall in June 2020. (Photo: Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)
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One school district in the Bay Area has enforced mandatory, critical race theory-based “ethnic studies” lessons beginning in preschool. In another district, a San Diego high school principal and school board skirted the law in their rush to erase California history and the legacy of a Catholic saint after whom the high school was named, deeming St. Junipero Serra to be a colonialist with a racist past.