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Title: Princeton to remove Woodrow Wilson's name from policy school
Post by: wiraphon on June 28, 2020, 03:06:15 am
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Columbus and Confederate statues torn down in US Should Washington and Jefferson monuments come down Outlining the university's decision on Saturday to remove Wilson's name, Princeton president Christopher Eisgruber said in a statement that "Wilson's racism was significant and consequential even by the standards of his own time".He said that the board of trustees had concluded that "Wilson's racist views and policies make him an บอล ออนไลน์ (https://www.ufa700s.com/%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%a7%e0%b9%87%e0%b8%9a%e0%b9%81%e0%b8%97%e0%b8%87%e0%b8%9a%e0%b8%ad%e0%b8%a5%e0%b8%ad%e0%b8%ad%e0%b8%99%e0%b9%84%e0%b8%a5%e0%b8%99%e0%b9%8c/) inappropriate namesake" for the university's public policy school. A residential college will also lose Wilson's name.