Leftists in Virginia are continuing their scorched earth path to remove America’s history
The left-wing dominated Falls Church, Virginia School Board voted unanimously last night to erase the names of two Virginia-born founding fathers from the city’s public schools, citing equity and slavery in beginning the renaming process of George Mason High School and Thomas Jefferson Elementary.
“After deep and careful consideration of everything I’ve heard and read, I conclude that renaming both schools is in the best interest of our students and a necessary part of our equity work,” School Board Chair Greg Anderson said of the issue, despite community polling which found that Falls Church residents oppose the name change by an over 2 to 1 margin.
“I considered the survey results and the community discussion that followed, and I revisited our public hearings,” Anderson said of the poll results. “…I conclude that the public is split,” he went on to say, despite just a quarter of poll respondents endorsing the name changes.
Proponents of the change agreed with Anderson’s tossing of the polls, with Jennifer Santiago, who spoke in favor of the changes, saying the polling data showed that a form of reverse democracy must be exercised to protect “marginalized people” from “systemic racism.”
“While there are many times majority rules works in issues of equity, it is the opposite that is needed. If the majority rule worked for traditionally marginalized groups, we would not have systemic racism,” Santiago explained.
The twin 7-0 votes came after 6 months of debate between the board and the community, spurred by massive cultural unrest brought on by the political left following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
While neighboring Northern Virginia municipalities have begun to rapidly strike the names of Confederate war heroes and segregationist Democrats from their school districts, Falls Church’s attack on the founders appears to represent new territory for the region.