Only in America, and more accurately, only in California, could the name “George Washington” trigger such ill feelings that the only solution is to remove it from public school buildings so as not to upset the children. But that’s exactly what San Francisco Board of Education President Matt Haney wants to do.
Haney calls America’s first president “problematic” because he was a slave owner and for that reason alone, his name should be removed from any school named after the Founding Father. According to the San Francisco Examiner, Haney came up with the idea after hearing a sermon about the childish NFL quarterback who refuses to stand in honor of the country that has made him a millionaire:
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