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Richmond school drops Confederate name in favor of Barack Obama
CNN ^ | June 19, 2018 | By Madison Park

Posted on 06/19/2018 6:09:27 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

A Richmond, Virginia, elementary school will switch its name from that of a Confederate general to that of the nation's first black President.

On Monday, the Richmond school board voted to rename J.E.B. Stuart Elementary as Barack Obama Elementary School.

Members of the school's community submitted ideas for a new name and students at the Richmond school, which is 95% African-American, voted among seven choices. The top three finalists were: Barack Obama, Northside and Wishtree.

Last year, a school board in Mississippi dropped the name Jefferson Davis, for the president of the Confederacy, in favor of naming an elementary school after America's 44th president.

Also on Monday, the Tulsa, Oklahoma, school board voted to rename Columbus and Chouteau elementary schools, but delayed the vote on what to call another elementary school that is named for Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: bluezones; dixie; failure; hussein; jebstuart; marxist; purge; socialist; urban
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1 posted on 06/19/2018 6:09:27 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I AM GOING TO PUKE!


2 posted on 06/19/2018 6:11:00 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Will this stain on America ever go away? I know the answer.


3 posted on 06/19/2018 6:11:15 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: Lurkinanloomin

The Kenyanesian Usurper should not have so much as an outhouse named after him.


4 posted on 06/19/2018 6:12:02 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Both sad and sickening


5 posted on 06/19/2018 6:12:34 AM PDT by albie
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To: Hyman Roth

NO!

Because BOTH parties wanted the natural protections of the natural born citizen requirement eliminated.


6 posted on 06/19/2018 6:13:08 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The insanity continues.


7 posted on 06/19/2018 6:15:49 AM PDT by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: albie

All changes aren’t permanent but change is. In a few years maybe we’ll see another new name.


8 posted on 06/19/2018 6:16:33 AM PDT by VAFreedom (maybe i should take a nap before work)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Reminds be off Barack Obama Blvd just off of beautiful Riviera Beach in N. Palm Beach ghetto. Absolutely unsafe as an approach to Singer Island.


9 posted on 06/19/2018 6:17:13 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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You would think he deserves the Nobel Prize. Oh wait!


10 posted on 06/19/2018 6:18:10 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And the fundamental transformation of These Once United States marches merrily along. Santayana was so very prescient.


11 posted on 06/19/2018 6:18:20 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Dumber than a pile of dung.


12 posted on 06/19/2018 6:20:18 AM PDT by mulligan (EeThe)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hmmmmm. I guess they could change my HS’s name to Benjamin Siegel or John Gotti High? That might have been in my time, but today it might be Putin High.


13 posted on 06/19/2018 6:20:37 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Damn Tag line, fouled up again, thanks cursor.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

14 posted on 06/19/2018 6:23:19 AM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In America we do not name things after living people.

They need to fix that.


15 posted on 06/19/2018 6:23:24 AM PDT by null and void (Have the courage to shine the light of reason in a dark world)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And we know these pupils will not be taught the truth about the Obama pResidency. Very sad for our future.


16 posted on 06/19/2018 6:24:10 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: VAFreedom
All changes aren’t permanent but change is. In a few years maybe we’ll see another new name.

My junior high was once named for Chief Justice Earl Warren. About 20 years ago, it was changed to "Creekside", which makes no sense whatsoever.

Castro Valley is about 15 miles south of Berkeley, which explains its uber-liberalness. I left after high school, never to return. The Army brought me to Texas after college (in Washington)...except for four years in Germany, I've been a naturalized Texan for over 40 years.

17 posted on 06/19/2018 6:25:00 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
They voted on this last year didn't they, and set up some fundraiser?
Then this article talks about another 2017 vote, and some other no-doubt Democrat-controlled board in Oklahoma voting against Columbus and probably Lee in the future.

I'm so glad CNN is around to keep us up-to-date with the latest school naming decisions.

18 posted on 06/19/2018 6:26:12 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Mmmm mmmm mmmm!


19 posted on 06/19/2018 6:27:08 AM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: Trump20162020

No, the Richmond school vote was yesterday.


20 posted on 06/19/2018 6:30:22 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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