@ Confederate Names Restored for 2 Virginia Schools

[nothingcontroversial]

A Virginia school board has approved a motion for two schools to revert to their Confederate names following a debate that bitterly divided a town.

The Shenandoah County School Board voted 5-1 to reinstate the names of Stonewall Jackson High and Ashby-Lee Elementary in Quicksburg.

Community members had been pushing for a reversal, arguing the 2020 name change was unpopular.

The vote marked the first such U-turn anywhere in the US.


www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68985412

[wise_rita]

Gross.

[havarti]

The Southern Lost Cause myth has been such a cancer on this country. It frustrates me to no end that a harder line wasn’t taken against the symbols of the Confederacy as soon as the war ended. So stupid to name schools after a bunch of (literal) losers.

[susiebw]

May 10, 2024 12:45:44 GMT -5 havarti said:

The Southern Lost Cause myth has been such a cancer on this country. It frustrates me to no end that a harder line wasn’t taken against the symbols of the Confederacy as soon as the war ended. So stupid to name schools after a bunch of (literal) losers.

THIS.  DH and I talk about this all the damn time. 

[wawa]

Oh EW.

[VillainV]

Having grown up two counties over, I honestly am not even the tiniest bit surprised. It’s gross, for sure.

[cap]

I was not surprised, but still very disheartened, to read about this earlier today.

[livinitup]

Liars. They like the hate and heritage of the time of white dominance it represents.

[bears]

May 10, 2024 13:55:57 GMT -5 susiebw said:

May 10, 2024 12:45:44 GMT -5 havarti said:

The Southern Lost Cause myth has been such a cancer on this country. It frustrates me to no end that a harder line wasn’t taken against the symbols of the Confederacy as soon as the war ended. So stupid to name schools after a bunch of (literal) losers.

THIS.  DH and I talk about this all the damn time. 

It's crazy to think about what would have happened without Lincoln's assassination. 

[dcrunnergirl52]

This is so gross, but the most horrifying part is googling the name Ashby and learning about Turner Ashby.

I live in Northern Virginia and our street name has "Ashby" in it and now I'm curious. Our neighborhood was built in 2005, so thinking it's a coincidence but definitely going to investigate.

[VillainV]

May 11, 2024 7:22:26 GMT -5 dcrunnergirl52 said:

This is so gross, but the most horrifying part is googling the name Ashby and learning about Turner Ashby.

I live in Northern Virginia and our street name has "Ashby" in it and now I'm curious. Our neighborhood was built in 2005, so thinking it's a coincidence but definitely going to investigate.

We used to play Turner Ashby HS in sports. Those kids were always really mean, and more than once they shouted racial slurs at my teammates.

[macmars45]

Awful and unsurprising.

[somersault72]

May 10, 2024 13:55:57 GMT -5 susiebw said:

May 10, 2024 12:45:44 GMT -5 havarti said:

The Southern Lost Cause myth has been such a cancer on this country. It frustrates me to no end that a harder line wasn’t taken against the symbols of the Confederacy as soon as the war ended. So stupid to name schools after a bunch of (literal) losers.

THIS.  DH and I talk about this all the damn time. 

Yes! The same people I see bemoan participation trophies call it "erasing history" to change the names/get rid of statues of people who were on the LOSING side of a war 160 years ago. This fucking baffles me.