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Eugene

(62,626 posts)
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 07:43 PM Mar 2017

Palo Alto: Two schools named after eugenics advocates to get new names

Source: The Mercury News

Palo Alto: Two schools named after eugenics advocates to get new names

District’s schools will include a unit about California and
Palo Alto’s role in the eugenics movement


By JACQUELINE LEE
PUBLISHED: March 17, 2017 at 8:13 pm | UPDATED: March 18, 2017 at 2:57 pm

Two Palo Alto middle schools named after leading advocates of eugenics will be renamed by the 2018-19 school year, school board members unanimously decided Friday.

Trustees voted 5-0 to rename Jordan Middle School, which is named after David Starr Jordan, and Terman Middle School, which is named after Lewis Terman.

Trustees asked school district officials to return this spring with a recommendation on the process of renaming the schools.

The board initially considered a recommendation to form an advisory committee that will suggest three new names by Jan. 1. Trustees ultimately decided it was best to have school staff determine if such a timeline is feasible before proceeding.

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Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/17/palo-alto-eugenics-controversy-spurs-school-name-changes/
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Palo Alto: Two schools named after eugenics advocates to get new names (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2017 OP
Too bad eugenicists are in the Whitehouse now Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #1
 

Jonny Appleseed

(960 posts)
1. Too bad eugenicists are in the Whitehouse now
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 07:51 PM
Mar 2017

I've noticed a recent resurgence of eugenics in general as a way for rightwingers to say "I may be racist, but not an uncivilized hillbilly racist" trying to throw "science" behind their bigotry.

Ironic because they literally don't believe in most science.

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