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S.F. s Lowell isn t the only selective school to come under fire. Here s a look at others across U.S.
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1of2Lowell High School is seen in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Feb 1, 2021. An effort to address a lack of diversity and address concerns over racist incidents led to the school board’s abrupt proposal this week to eliminate the selective admissions process in favor of a random lottery like the district’s other high schools.Marlena Sloss / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of2Lowell High School is seen in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Feb 1, 2021. An effort to address a lack of diversity and address concerns over racist incidents led to the school board’s abrupt proposal this week to eliminate the selective admissions process in favor of a random lottery like the district’s other high schools.Marlena Sloss / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
California is making liberals squirm
Ezra Klein, New York Times
Feb. 11, 2021
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FILE: An aerial view of San Francisco on a sunny day.Ivan/Getty Images
You may have heard that San Francisco’s Board of Education voted 6-1 to rename 44 schools, stripping ancient racists of their laurels, but also Abraham Lincoln and Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The history upon which these decisions were made was dodgy, and the results occasionally bizarre. Paul Revere, for instance, was canceled for participating in a raid on Indigenous Americans that was actually a raid on a British fort.
In normal times, bemusement would be the right response to a story like this. Cities should have idiosyncratic, out-there politics. You need to earn your “Keep X weird” bumper stickers. And for all the Fox News hosts who’ve collapsed onto their fainting couches, America isn’t suffering from a national shortage of schools named for Abraham Lincoln.
Hollywood casting directors continuously follow colorist and racist ideologies in their repeated casting of light-skinned actors to portray darker-skinned characters.
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Black Iron Welcomes Ukraine s New Investment Law
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / February 11, 2021 / Black Iron Inc. ( Black Iron or the Company ) (TSX:BKI)(OTC PINK:BKIRF)(FRA:BIN) is pleased to announce Ukraine government s passing of a new law aimed to attract investment by providing significant tax reductions and land transfer rights. Upon a company entering into an investment agreement with Ukraine s Cabinet of Ministers, support can be provided in the following areas that are relevant for Black Iron to construct its Shymanivske project:
Lower taxes - exemption from corporate taxes for a period of time and value added tax for all new equipment imported for the project;