2. This list from Wikipedia is instructive. Lots of Lincoln schools in California and mid-west. Not so many in Deep South (although South Carolina has two). Some not on this list are attenuated (Lincoln County School in Mississippi is indirect, not direct, naming).
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3. California has at least 6 schools named after Lincoln. It could, frankly, lose a few. But Mississippi? North Carolina? Virginia? Louisiana? The people excised about San Fransisco should be agitating for Lincoln schools in those places.
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Why are schools named after people anyway?
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Here in The UK if schools have names it's usually the name of the founder, which can be embarrassing if he or she was a nefarious character.
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Agreed. If we can’t celebrate the good things we’ve done in the past, how are people supposed to believe we’re capable of good things now.
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I demand a "Thaddeus Stevens High School"
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Three years ago my local community renamed a middle school that was named after a founder of the eugenics movement. The change was driven by students who found it offensive. To watch that energy turn into this is frustrating.
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The reason for Abraham Lincoln being taken down was his treatment of American Indians. But there *are* some real issues when a school board uses historical falsehoods and refuses to consult historians in making decisions. https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-san-francisco-renamed-its-schools …
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Huh, reading that article now. Feinstein already had a school named after her, and it's being renamed because of some controversy over a Confederate flag a few decades back? Around here, there is no way a school would be named after a person who's still living. Period.
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They should be named after Narnians!
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