Saturday, November 21, 2015

Princeton University Agrees To Weigh Erasing Woodrow Wilson's Name

Princeton University Agrees To Weigh Erasing Woodrow Wilson's Name

November 21, 2015 Princeton University Agrees To Weigh Erasing Woodrow Wilson's Name , 1 Comments


By Richie Duchon , Nov 20, 2015 NBC

Princeton University's president, under pressure from African American student activists, said Thursday night that the school would begin a process to consider expunging the legacy of former President Woodrow Wilson from campus.

The agreement — signed by Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber — ended a 32-hour sit-in at the president's office.

Students with the Black Justice League entered Nassau Hall around noon Wednesday, calling for the Ivy League university to acknowledge racism within Wilson's legacy and take actions to improve cultural sensitivity on campus.

The agreement comes as black students across the country have been rallying for improved race relations on college campuses, including a national day of protest Wednesday under the hashtag #StudentBlackOut.
 
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  1. AnonymousNovember 21, 2015 at 11:05 PM

    Seems to me compassionate, empathetic, average or well educated people might recognize our history of human ignorances for what they are/were...ignorance.

    Wouldn't it be really cool if some/many Americans and other free people were willing to recognize and accept that mankind, aka the human species, is constantly evolving, learning from our ignorance and taking affirmative steps to correct the ignorances some or many humans embrace?

    Sadly, slavery and racism are human ignorances that a population of humans once ignorantly or greedily embraced and encouraged.

    Sadly, today there are Americans who obviously prefer to focus on the ignorance/mistakes of our human past, causing continued resentment, pain and mistrust, and in my opinion placing obstacles for healing now and in our future.

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