As part of a larger effort to discredit the United States, school board officials in suburban Washington, D.C. are removing the names of Founding Fathers from schools.
School board officials in Falls Church, Virginia voted unanimously to strip the names of Thomas Jefferson and George Mason from local schools, citing their ownership of slaves.
Despite Falls Church being one of the most liberal cities in a liberal area, most residents opposed the change. “Nearly 3,500 former and current students, parents and staff filled out a voluntary survey on the issue in October,” NBC4 Washington reports. “Overall, 56% of the respondents said ‘no’ when asked if the names should change, according to the school board.”
The school board ignored the community because erasing the names was “in the best interest” of students and “a necessary part of our equity work,” School Board Chairman Greg Anderson told NBC4 Washington.
“Our schools must be places where all students, staff, and community members feel safe, supported, and inspired,” Anderson said.
Despite Anderson’s claim that the words “Jefferson” and “Mason” made students feel threatened and the move was done in their interest, only 26 percent of students supported the name change.
Students were even less supportive than parents and staff members, 29 percent and 32 percent of whom supported the change respectively.
The move is part of a larger effort by liberals to exploit genuine concerns about racism to discredit the United States’ founding belief in limited government. Activists behind the change also claim concepts like “individualism” and “capitalism” are “racist” and must be eliminated.
“Buildings named after presidents and Founding Fathers became the target of leftist attacks this year, which saw months of often violent racial-justice protests,” The Washington Free Beacon reports. “Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D.) created a commission this summer to rename dozens of structures in the nation’s capital, including federal monuments and buildings in addition to local public schools. Denver public schools have also floated the idea of renaming buildings.”
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