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It seems like their criteria for naming schools should simply be “PS-1” to avoid all controversy. If we are to judge historical figures only by their failings,
by briandear 6y ago
It seems like their criteria for naming schools should simply be “PS-1” to avoid all controversy.
If we are to judge historical figures only by their failings, then even Martin Luther King, Jr. would fail to live up to the impossible standards being used.
Gandhi would also fall short, depending on one’s perspective.
Insanity. The irony is that the attempt to be “inclusive” is actually exclusive to some. For example, George Washington is a hero to many Americans, as is Paul Revere. Stripping their names, to be, makes me feel less included. While naming a school after Barack Obama seems to be on trend, but historically just as fraught with moral minefields as any other former president.
- jeffbee 6y agoMIT was way ahead of the game numbering their buildings. UC Berkeley has been un-naming buildings lately, and not just in some spasm of wokeness but because a lot of these guys really did bad things when you think it over.
- bravo22 6y agoUntil people start crying about PS-1 through PS-10 being in more affluent neighbourhoods and somehow going to PS-73 means you're being oppressed by colonial powers. I'm all for number naming btw. They should do PS-${RANDOM} or assign them by random to district.
- toast0 6y agoI worked for a school district, and all the schools had numbers as well as names. The numbers were used on the district map, and for rfc1918 addressing (each school was 10.x.0.0/16 and there was a big NAT at the district office, but that was in 1998 or so). Randomising the numbers, if there's already numbers in place would most likely be confusing.
- stretchcat 6y agoEven randomized numbers wouldn't liberate you from the complainers. 69 and 420 would probably be the first to fall. 13, 88, and 14 would also likely get some people upset. And if you remove 13 but not 4, 17, 39, 616, or 666, you'll leave an opening for the complainers to accuse you of all sorts of biases.
- joelhoffman 6y agoIt shouldn't be too hard to skip numbers that show up too frequently in prison tattoos.
- 908B64B197 6y agoAt least make the STEM oriented one 314.
- BitwiseFool 6y agoPart of me just wishes we could ignore the controversy because this is never going to stop. The standards are "impossible" because these activists are intolerant and aggressive, not because they are morally just.
- 908B64B197 6y agoJust use plant names. Plants native to the bay. Easy. Add a few to the landscaping and you're done!