The amount of hateful responses associated with the effort to change the name of a middle school that honored an enslaver who secured slave labor for both the college and his own household is sad but not surprising. We need to pull our collective heads out of Virginia's Massive Resistance mindset and move forward. Diversity makes us stronger. Equity promotes justice and inclusion fosters growth. Anything less falls short.
Blah blah blah. The amount of people who have their panties in a twist over this man is ridiculous. James Blair was a scholar and a clergyman as well. He secured the charter for the college, petitioned the HOB to establish Williamsburg as the new Capitol, as well building the Bruton parish church after the first one burned... Do we need to demolish that now too? He used slave labor, so what? Who, in that time period, didn't? Seriously, Ffs, over this shyte already...
Great outcome on the name change but worried about the new Superintendent. Hopefully he prioritizes improved scores over mindless diversity proclamations.
Doesn't sound like the board or the community is agonizing over this at all. Common sense wins. Let us get centered on teacher pay and education standards again!
The amount of hateful responses associated with the effort to change the name of a middle school that honored an enslaver who secured slave labor for both the college and his own household is sad but not surprising. We need to pull our collective heads out of Virginia's Massive Resistance mindset and move forward. Diversity makes us stronger. Equity promotes justice and inclusion fosters growth. Anything less falls short.
Blah blah blah. The amount of people who have their panties in a twist over this man is ridiculous. James Blair was a scholar and a clergyman as well. He secured the charter for the college, petitioned the HOB to establish Williamsburg as the new Capitol, as well building the Bruton parish church after the first one burned... Do we need to demolish that now too? He used slave labor, so what? Who, in that time period, didn't? Seriously, Ffs, over this shyte already...
Great outcome on the name change but worried about the new Superintendent. Hopefully he prioritizes improved scores over mindless diversity proclamations.
Doesn't sound like the board or the community is agonizing over this at all. Common sense wins. Let us get centered on teacher pay and education standards again!