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Opinion: The Lincoln-Garcia debate: What a long strange trip it's been


Opinion: The Lincoln-Garcia debate: What a long strange trip it s been
Christopher Hoffman
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Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco.Associated Press
Name changes and statue removals make sense sometimes. Yale University’s rechristening of Calhoun College named after South Carolina antebellum politician John C. Calhoun, who infamously defended slavery as “a positive good” was a no-brainer. Yes, Stonewall Jackson was a military genius, but he used that genius to defend and preserve the right to own human beings, steal their labor and buy and sell them like cattle. No statues for him and other Confederate leaders.
But as is so often the case in America, an otherwise good idea has been taken to an extreme. In the view of some, the slightest scintilla of racism, insensitivity and unequal treatment means a historical figure must be cast onto the ash heap of history. The San Francisco school board recently set a new standard in this ....

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