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As it seems we are destined to be bombarded with the current news cycle issue of racism, I was wondering...
What if someone formed a charter school, say, in Texas and named it after John Wilkins Booth (Lincoln assassin,) or James Earl Ray, (MLK assassin.) Or, maybe, "D.B. Cooper Elementary."
A charter school named after the guy who killed MLK might go over well in certain regions of our nation. What would be the backlash? Who would be the one's backlashing?
Would a private entity, paid with government tax-dollars, have the right to name their charter school any damn name they please?
There is a reason I ask these questions soliciting your opinions. Work with me here. The thread will develop as I watch a particular local issue manifest itself. It will all make sense soon, I assure you.
Let me know when it all comes together.
During the original planning process of starting the school, the founders decided on the name “Assata” because of its strong ancestral origination. Assata is a popular East African Swahili name and founders decided on this name specifically because the school was designated to be an Afro-Centric school.
As it seems we are destined to be bombarded with the current news cycle issue of racism, I was wondering...
What if someone formed a charter school, say, in Texas and named it after John Wilkins Booth (Lincoln assassin,) or James Earl Ray, (MLK assassin.) Or, maybe, "D.B. Cooper Elementary."
A charter school named after the guy who killed MLK might go over well in certain regions of our nation. What would be the backlash? Who would be the one's backlashing?
Would a private entity, paid with government tax-dollars, have the right to name their charter school any damn name they please?
There is a reason I ask these questions soliciting your opinions. Work with me here. The thread will develop as I watch a particular local issue manifest itself. It will all make sense soon, I assure you.
A charter school named after the guy who killed MLK might go over well in certain regions of our nation. What would be the backlash? Who would be the one's backlashing?
Would a private entity, paid with government tax-dollars, have the right to name their charter school any damn name they please?
They may not get many students.....
It looks like the folks who run the school named it that just cause it sounded cool and full of heritage. :lamo
I honestly don't believe the bolded to be true. As for the right, I suppose the right may exist to name the school however those in power deem fit, but I don't believe it would be a case in reality.
One would certainly hope so, right?
But follow the story. So why is this Assata terrorist being honored and glorified at our local, inner-city, charter school? If this was a James Earl Ray Charter School in Alabama, Jackson, Sharpton, NAACP and Chris Rock would be all over it. Where are they now?
They been operating for years. They initially claimed the name was just a common Swahili word and it meant nothing. They simply named the school that common word because it was the charter school's intention to cater to the afro segment of society. (Their words, not mine.)
Yeah, that was their initial denial. But as I was watching the local news crew walk up to the school, to locked doors, it was clear, through the glass, it was clear the school was named after this terrorist and her photos were everywhere and a mural on the wall.
It had to be an "Oooops :3oops: " moment. :roll:
Wasn't Mandela on the US terrorist watch list up until around 2008?
What if, the KKK opened a charter school for underprivleged in downtown Atlanta?
As it seems we are destined to be bombarded with the current news cycle issue of racism, I was wondering...
What if someone formed a charter school, say, in Texas and named it after John Wilkins Booth (Lincoln assassin,) o[B]r James Earl ]Ra[B]y, (MLK assassin.)[/B]] Or, maybe, "D.B. Cooper Elementary."
A charter school named after the guy who killed MLK might go over well in certain regions of our nation. What would be the backlash? Who would be the one's backlashing?
Would a private entity, paid with government tax-dollars, have the right to name their charter school any damn name they please?
There is a reason I ask these questions soliciting your opinions. Work with me here. The thread will develop as I watch a particular local issue manifest itself. It will all make sense soon, I assure you.
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