Chronicle Staff February 16, 2021Updated: February 22, 2021, 8:12 am
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‘Black Joy’ explored in Black History Month artist panel hosted by James Lick Middle School
The concept of “Black Joy” has meant different things to different Black individuals over the years: For some it is performing acts to push for inclusion, for others it’s the feeling of accomplishment when racial divides are challenged, and some define it simply as the feeling of resistance they experience just daring to exist in society.
To celebrate Black History Month, the African American Student Success Team at James Lick Middle School is presenting an online conversation, titled “Forward Together: Celebrating Black Joy in the Performing Arts,” hosted by Keith Carames and Whitnee Garrett-Walker.
Woke San Francisco school board president, 30, defends plan to rename schools which honor racist leaders despite basing decisions on INCORRECT Wikipedia articles
San Francisco school board president Gabriela López has pushed back at claims that schools being renamed in the district were selected in a haphazard way
The board voted last month to rename 44 schools that currently honor historical leaders who have since been branded by activists as racist
The list includes Presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington
Residents and historians were angered after it emerged that some of the names were selected on inaccurate information
It came after the renaming committee refused to consult historians
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The San Francisco Board of Education announced that it would rename 44 schools due to racial sensitivity issues.
The schools include ones named for President Abraham Lincoln, Senator Dianne Feinstein, and inventor Thomas Edison.
The document explaining the removals makes clear historical errors in justifying the changes of at least eight of the names.
A document produced by the San Francisco Board of Education to justify renaming 44 different schools is riddled with spelling and historical errors.
The school board voted on Tuesday, Jan. 26, to change the names of schools honoring Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, among others. The move was criticized by San Francisco Mayor London Breed. “The fact that our kids aren’t in school is what’s driving inequity in our City. Not the name of a school,” she said in a press release.
The Christopher Columbus statue near Coit Tower was vandalized. Red paint covered the face of the controversial colonist, while the base of the statue had graffiti that read Destroy all monuments of genocide and kill all colonizers. It s anger and vitriol as oppose to facts and truth whether it s good history or bad history, expressed Lope Yap, Jr. the Vice President of the Washington High School Alumni Association. Washington High is also on the list. Yap is against removing a controversial mural located in the school s lobby which shows the history of America depicting slavery and a murdered Native American.