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>> today, at noon, city council members in orangeburg will vote on a resolution to remove a confederate statue. >> during the protests outside city hall, members want the 127-year-old confederate statue at courthouse square removed. >> when people say, it's our heritage, it's not my heritage. when i think of confederate anything, i'm in fear. it's been one of those things where you can't talk about it or you don't say anything about it, but we're now in a time where they have the voice. >> we're here today because, of course, the mayor and city council are meeting on the resolution in regards ...

You've got to take people with you. you obviously come to this as an extremely sort of well—read british—indian who knows your history, but there are many people who would in sheffield look at the renaming of their streets and they would just feel it was a sort of attack on their traditions, their city, their culture, and they would resent it. well, it hasn't happened. so, they've got nothing to resent. but i'm thinking of one street name in london that's been changed in southall. it's now called guru nanak road, and it's where one of the biggest sikh temples exists in london. and that's a...

I think what you have in san francisco is this. the odd bedfellows of political money, as well as parents who are angry. they are not angry about the normal things that you sort of see populating the news. they are not angry about books in schools, not angry about critical race theory. there actually have a conversation on equity and how we make sure that the schools are equitable. they feel like these three particular board members, are not on the side of equity. they would rather spend time renaming schools then actually dealing with the issues that matter to parents, which is how do we crea...

People we no longer wish, among them, abraham lincoln and dianne feinstein. does this mean anti-covid restriction protests are now going to be very common in blue cities as well as in red states? this was, many say, a grass roots, parent-driven initiative. let's hear some reaction from parents. >> i saw a lot of kids struggling doing school from home. and i saw the school board prioritize renaming schools over getting kids back into school. >> they should have been focused on reopening schools like most districts were thinking about and doing. >> now, the board members rebut that by saying lis...

People. so homelessness has taken over. woke has taken over their schools. and the criminals taking over high end stores. good luck with san francisco. >> steve: when it comes to who is looking out for the kids. ultimately it's the parents. here is one earlier on the channel. >> it's a dumpster fire, honestly. i mean, the school board is focused on everything except reopening schools or on quality education or focused on renaming schools on -- you know, using kids as subjects for their social experiment. we are replace [inaudible] at the start. the mayor and the entire city administration see ...