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Woke San Francisco school board president, 30, defends plan to rename schools which honor racist leaders despite basing decisions on INCORRECT Wikipedia articles
San Francisco school board president Gabriela López has pushed back at claims that schools being renamed in the district were selected in a haphazard way
The board voted last month to rename 44 schools that currently honor historical leaders who have since been branded by activists as racist
The list includes Presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington
Residents and historians were angered after it emerged that some of the names were selected on inaccurate information
It came after the renaming committee refused to consult historians
27 Jan 2021
Schools in San Francisco, California, will be stripped of names honoring famous American leaders deemed unworthy because of a connection to slavery or other unsavory ties, including Presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson.
John Muir, Francis Scott Key, and Catholic Priest Junipero Serra are also on the list.
In all, 44 school will be renamed, even as critics of the decision cite the committee tasked with picking the schools did not receive enough input from historians and a lack knowledge about the current school names.
“In one instance, the committee didn’t know whether Roosevelt Middle School was named after Theodore or Franklin Delano,” the