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Politically correct renaming (view source)
Revision as of 12:28, September 11, 2020
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In 1944, Liberty Hyde Bailey named an area of the [[Cornell University]] campus the "Cornell Plantations" to serve as a botanic teaching area. That department earned an international reputation. In response to the demands of black students who claimed the word "plantations" reminded them of slavery, it was renamed the "Cornell Bonatic Gardens".<ref name=plant>{{cite news|url=https://dailycaller.com/2016/08/28/cornell-university-renames-cornell-plantations/|title=Cornell University Renames ‘Cornell Plantations’|date=August 28, 2016|accessdate=2020-09-10}}</ref> In 2010, [[Rhode Island]] voters rejected a constitutional amendment to change the state’s official name, "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations".<ref name=plant/>
In 1944, Liberty Hyde Bailey named an area of the [[Cornell University]] campus the "Cornell Plantations" to serve as a botanic teaching area. That department earned an international reputation. In response to the demands of black students who claimed the word "plantations" reminded them of slavery, it was renamed the "Cornell Bonatic Gardens".<ref name=plant>{{cite news|url=https://dailycaller.com/2016/08/28/cornell-university-renames-cornell-plantations/|title=Cornell University Renames ‘Cornell Plantations’|date=August 28, 2016|accessdate=2020-09-10}}</ref> In 2010, [[Rhode Island]] voters rejected a constitutional amendment to change the state’s official name, "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations".<ref name=plant/>
[[Princeton University]] honored [[Woodrow Wilson]], who served as both President of Princeton and of the United States, by naming its public policy school after him. In 2020, Princeton removed his name from the school.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/27/nyregion/princeton-university-woodrow-wilson.html|title=Princeton Will Remove Woodrow Wilson’s Name From School|first=Bryan|last=Pietsch
|date=June 27, 2020|work=New York Times|accesdate=2020-09-11}}</ref>
Student protestors demanded that [[Washington and Lee University]] change its name even though [[Robert E. Lee]] served as President of that school. The school faculty voted to support dropping the name.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2020/07/07/washington-and-lee-faculty-vote-to-remove-lee-from-universitys-name/#78292eda7c87|title=Washington And Lee Faculty Vote To Remove ‘Lee’ From University’s Name|date=July 7, 2020|accessdate=2020-09-10}}</ref>
Student protestors demanded that [[Washington and Lee University]] change its name even though [[Robert E. Lee]] served as President of that school. The school faculty voted to support dropping the name.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2020/07/07/washington-and-lee-faculty-vote-to-remove-lee-from-universitys-name/#78292eda7c87|title=Washington And Lee Faculty Vote To Remove ‘Lee’ From University’s Name|date=July 7, 2020|accessdate=2020-09-10}}</ref>