“Obama is another oppressor.” Those are not my words. Instead, they are the words of activist Julie Contreras, who “works with a group that runs shelters for undocumented children at the U.S./Mexico border.”
Contreras joined with other Hispanic immigrants who opposed renaming two Chicago-area schools after Barack and Michelle Obama. Yes, they wanted the names changed, but not from one oppressor to another.
The schools are currently named Thomas Jefferson Middle School and Daniel Webster Middle School, but since Jefferson owned slaves and Webster supported slavery, those names must go.
Unfortunately, the Obamas are tainted too. “I will not be part of renaming a school after someone who did not and does not represent the undocumented community,” said District 60 school board member Edgar Castellanos, who came to America undocumented as a child.
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According to ABC7, while Jefferson, the third president of the US (1801-09), owned slaves and Webster, a former senator, also supported slavery, and there was an effort to erase their names from the schoolsâ history. Committees to rename the institutes were formed and they included people from the community, among students and staff members.
Former US president Thomas Jefferson (Getty Images)
But the new names also faced objections. While the names of Obama, the first Black US president (2009-17), and Michelle were among the top three choices for Thomas Jefferson Middle Schoolâs new name, a large part of the Latinx population was not okay with it. District 60 school board member Edgar Castellanos was quoted by ABC7 as saying: âI will not be part of renaming a school after someone who did not and does not represent the undocumented community.â According to Castellanos, he came to the US undocumented as a child.
Updated: Apr 1 2021, 8:24 ET
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RESIDENTS protested at a school in Chicago being named after oppressor Barack Obama as he doesn t represent undocumented migrants .
Waukegan s Board of Education met on Tuesday to debate the renaming of Thomas Jefferson Middle School and Daniel Webster Middle School after it was decided the two figures either supported slavery or owned slaves.
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Thomas Jefferson Middle School and Daniel Webster Middle School will be renamed after it was decided the two figures either supported slavery or owned slavesCredit: WGN9
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