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Politically correct renaming (view source)
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SUNY New Paltz renamed six buildings that were named after former slaveholders.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.asumag.com/facilities-management/article/20857000/suny-new-paltz-is-renaming-6-buildings-that-carried-slaveowner-names|title=SUNY New Paltz is renaming 6 buildings that carried slaveowner names|date=April 2, 2019|accessdate=2020-09-11}}</ref>
SUNY New Paltz renamed six buildings that were named after former slaveholders.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.asumag.com/facilities-management/article/20857000/suny-new-paltz-is-renaming-6-buildings-that-carried-slaveowner-names|title=SUNY New Paltz is renaming 6 buildings that carried slaveowner names|date=April 2, 2019|accessdate=2020-09-11}}</ref>
One of the twelve residential colleges at [[Yale University]] was named in honor of U.S. Vice President [[John C. Calhoun]], a proponent of slavery and states rights. In 2017, Yale renamed it for Grace Murray Hopper, a Yale alumna and a pioneering computer scientist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asumag.com/facilities-management/business-finance/article/20853691/yale-university-reverses-decision-renames-calhoun-college|title=Yale University reverses decision, renames Calhoun College|date= Feb. 13, 2017|accessdate=2020-09-11}}</ref>
In California, a number of streets and buildings were named for Father [[Junipero Serra|Junípero Serra]] who established a string of missions along the California coast. Activists are demanding name changes in light of his mistreatment of the indigenous population. In 2019 [[Stanford University]]’s Serra House where the [[Clayman Institute for Gender Research]] is located was renamed the [[Carolyn Attneave|Carolyn Lewis Attneave House]].<ref name=mercury>{{cite news|first=Jason |last=Green |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/01/stanford-renames-buildings-for-sally-ride-carolyn-attneave/amp/ |title=Stanford renames buildings for Sally Ride, Carolyn Attneave |work=Mercurynews.com |date=2019 |accessdate=2020-09-10}}</ref> That same year, [[Stanford University]]’s other Serra House located in Lucie Stern Hall was renamed the [[Sally Ride]] House.<ref name=mercury/> It was formerly named after Serra.<ref name=mercury/>
In California, a number of streets and buildings were named for Father [[Junipero Serra|Junípero Serra]] who established a string of missions along the California coast. Activists are demanding name changes in light of his mistreatment of the indigenous population. In 2019 [[Stanford University]]’s Serra House where the [[Clayman Institute for Gender Research]] is located was renamed the [[Carolyn Attneave|Carolyn Lewis Attneave House]].<ref name=mercury>{{cite news|first=Jason |last=Green |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/01/stanford-renames-buildings-for-sally-ride-carolyn-attneave/amp/ |title=Stanford renames buildings for Sally Ride, Carolyn Attneave |work=Mercurynews.com |date=2019 |accessdate=2020-09-10}}</ref> That same year, [[Stanford University]]’s other Serra House located in Lucie Stern Hall was renamed the [[Sally Ride]] House.<ref name=mercury/> It was formerly named after Serra.<ref name=mercury/>