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Princeton To Remove Woodrow Wilson’s Name From The School Due To His Racist Views & Policies

<p>It looks like another bites the dust&period; This time&comma; Princeton University has made the decision to remove Woodrow Wilson’s name from its public policy school&period; Wilson not only served as the 28<sup>th<&sol;sup> president of the United States&comma; but he also served as the president of Princeton from 1902-1910&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;apnews&period;com&sol;8a7fe20d9dc5a2b45e0eefea66486053&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;SocialFlow&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;Twitter&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;AP">AP News<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; Christopher Eisgruber&comma; the current president of the ivy league institution made the <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;princeton&period;edu&sol;news&sol;2020&sol;06&sol;27&sol;president-eisgrubers-message-community-removal-woodrow-wilson-name-public-policy">announcement<&sol;a><&sol;em> on Saturday and said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The trustees concluded that Woodrow Wilson’s racist thinking and policies make him an inappropriate namesake for a school or college whose scholars&comma; students&comma; and alumni must stand firmly against racism in all its forms&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The AP points out that&comma; the school’s decision to remove Wilson&&num;8217&semi;s name from the school comes four years after they decided to keep his name&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eisgruber continued to say&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The board reconsidered these conclusions this month as the tragic killings of George Floyd&comma; Breonna Taylor&comma; Ahmaud Arbery&comma; and Rayshard Brooks drew renewed attention to the long and damaging history of racism in America&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Wilson’s racism was significant and consequential even by the standards of his own time&period; He segregated the federal civil service after it had been racially integrated for decades&comma; thereby taking America backward in its pursuit of justice&period; He not only acquiesced in but added to the persistent practice of racism in this country&comma; a practice that continues to do harm today&comma; said Eisgruber&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier this month Monmouth University of New Jersey removed Wilson&&num;8217&semi;s name&comma; and the superintendent of the Camden school district also announced plans to rename Woodrow Wilson High School&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As we previously reported&comma; in response to the recent uprisings&comma; many institutions are either making changes to the names of some of their buildings&comma; or statues are being removed&period; Earlier this week it was announced that the statue of <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;theodore-roosevelts-statue-to-be-removed-from-the-american-museum-of-natural-history&sol;">Theodore Roosevelt<&sol;a><&sol;em> would be removed from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want tea directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom"><span class&equals;"s1">click here to join&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; 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