Woodrow Wilson was a racist.From Bloomberg via Yahoo:
So, I've been wondering if I should link to anything from The Wilson Quarterly.
But this piece is pretty good, mores and morals are flexible and, as the saying goes: "If it wasn't for double standards he'd have no standards at all", so this time I will. Next time, who knows?
Woke me up before you go-go.....
Princeton University is removing Woodrow Wilson’s name from its public policy school and one of its residential colleges after trustees concluded that the 28th U.S. president’s “racist thinking and policies” made him “an inappropriate namesake.”
The Ivy League school’s trustees made the decision Friday, according to a statement released on Saturday.
It comes at a time of widespread rethinking of America’s racial legacy. The Black Lives Matter movement, energized by a series of high-profile deaths of Black Americans, have resulted in the removal of Confederate monuments, flags, and symbols of racism across the U.S.
Deleting Wilson’s name at Princeton may be the most high-profile act to date. The policy school will now be known as “The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.” Wilson was president of Princeton from 1902 to 1910 and, as a Democrat, served as governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election.
“Wilson’s racism was significant and consequential, even by the standards of his own time,” Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber said in the statement.
Civil Service
“He segregated the federal civil service after it had been racially integrated for decades, thereby taking America backward in its pursuit of justice,” he added. “He not only acquiesced in but added to the persistent practice of racism in this country, a practice that continues to do harm today.”
Chartered in 1746, Princeton is the fourth-oldest college in the U.S. and has been led by only 20 presidents, dating back to Colonial times. It is among the richest colleges.....MUCH MORE
As one of America’s oldest universities, Princeton has a fraught history with race and gender. It admitted its first black undergraduates in 1945, decades after other Ivy League schools. It didn’t accept women as undergrads until 1969 -- and even then, did so over opposition from some alumni.
The university had discussed removing Wilson’s name before, following student protests at the New Jersey school in November 2015. A committee that studied Wilson’s legacy at Princeton decided to retain the name....
Next up, racist Franklin Roosevelt with the turning-away of a ship full of Jews fleeing Nazi Germany resulting in the deaths of hundreds in the death camps. And Roosevelt's roundup and incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent. And his exclusion of American Blacks from New Deal relief programs.
And then there is Roosevelt's last vice-President, Harry Truman, who, despite the desegregation of the armed forces on his watch was personally a hardcore Missouri racist.
And then there are all the buildings named for KKK member Robert Byrd of West Virginia (via Wikipedia):
- Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center, Marshall University Graduate College in South Charleston, West Virginia[9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Auditorium, National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia[9][10][11]
- Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia[6][9][10][12][13]
- Robert C. Byrd Cancer Research Laboratory, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia[9][10][14]
- Robert C. Byrd Center for Pharmacy Education, University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia[9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia[6][9]
- Robert C. Byrd Clinical Teaching Center, Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia[9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center, Princeton, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Charleston Division, Charleston, West Virginia[9]
- Robert C. Byrd High School, Clarksburg, West Virginia[6][9][15]
- Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) Bridgeport Manufacturing Technology Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia[9][10][16]
- RCBI Charleston Manufacturing Technology Center, South Charleston, West Virginia[6][9][10][16]
- RCBI Huntington Manufacturing Technology Center, Huntington, West Virginia[9][10][16]
- RCBI Rocket Center Manufacturing Technology Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia[9][10][16][17]
- Robert C. Byrd Institute for Composites Technology and Training Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia[9]
- Robert C. Byrd Library, Wheeling, West Virginia[9]
- Robert C. Byrd Library and Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center, University of Charleston in Beckley[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Moorefield, West Virginia[9]
- Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia[10]
- Robert C. Byrd Metals Fabrication Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia[9][10][17]
- Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia (affiliated with Fairmont State University)[9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center, Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia[6][9][18]
- Robert C. Byrd Regional Training Institute, Camp Dawson near Kingwood, West Virginia[9]
- Robert C. Byrd Science and Technology Center, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Technology Center, Alderson–Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex, Rocket Center, West Virginia[6][9][10][17]
- Robert C. Byrd Industrial Park, Moorefield, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Pine Grove, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Sugar Grove, West Virginia[6][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Rooms, Office of the West Virginia Senate Minority Leader, West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia[9]
- Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Beckley, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Charleston, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton, West Virginia[6][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Clinic, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Clinical Addition to Veteran's Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Addition to the Lodge at Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Conference Center (also known as the Robert C. Byrd Center for Hospitality and Tourism), Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Visitor Center, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Appalachian Highway System, Appalachian Development Highway System in West Virginia[9][10][19]
- Robert C. Byrd Bridge, crosses the Ohio River between Huntington, West Virginia and Chesapeake, Ohio[6][9][10][19]
- Robert C. Byrd Bridge, Ohio County, West Virginia[19]
- Robert C. Byrd Drive, West Virginia Routes 16 and 97 between Beckley and Sophia, West Virginia[6][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Expressway, United States Route 22 near Weirton, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Freeway, United States Route 119 between Williamson and Charleston, West Virginia (also known as Corridor G)[6][9]
- Robert C. Byrd Highway, United States Route 48 between Weston, West Virginia and the Virginia state line near Wardensville, West Virginia (also known as Corridor H)[6][19]
- Robert C. Byrd Interchange on Interstate 77[9]
- Robert C. Byrd Interchange on United States Route 19, Birch River, West Virginia[9][19]
- Robert C. Byrd Intermodal Transportation Center, Wheeling, West Virginia[9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam, Ohio River in Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia[6][9][10]
And, well, let's just say I have a naughty or nice list and there are a lot of names on it.
Ho, ho, ho.