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dontwontcarequeend65 t1_ixi4s9o wrote

It's interesting the people that think it doesn't really matter what the schools are named. In this age you have access to more information so that even though 50 years ago you may have gone there and you didn't know, in 2022 you do. And it matters.

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MausoleumNeeson t1_ixj0bmo wrote

I see your point and would argue it still doesn’t matter. I went to Byrd Middle school, could easily google who Harry flood Byrd was and some of the things he did, and never once thought oh we should segregate schools again.

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dontwontcarequeend65 t1_ixmatik wrote

What? Who said we should segregate schools again and it has not always been possible to Google stuff. And it wasn't that everyone was just ignorant and unaware of what Harry Byrd was, it was that they were disenfranchised felt they had no voice and couldn't do nothing about it. Now they know better. Stuff is not just relevant for your age group you know.

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MausoleumNeeson t1_ixmb4si wrote

Who’s disenfranchised by a public school name that quite literally zero of the student body really cares/thinks about

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