New Jersey High School Changing Name Over ‘Racist’ Namesake
The Camden High School District announced that it would begin the process of renaming the high school, built in 1930, nearly a year and a half after activists began circulating a change.org petition to change the school’s name.
“After years of examining the legacy of former US President Woodrow Wilson, WE have come to see that his views and actions contradict the values and diversity We see in Woodrow Wilson High School today as well as the society WE live in Camden NJ,” the petition reads, adding that “[we] must be honest with Our People about the truth of a School that was named after a white Supremacist who was a former US President.”
“To continue to have such a name on a school only aides as a continuous reminder of a true systemic oppression that has not only been foreseen by US as parents but also Now through the eyes of Our Children today.”
The Camden High School District announced that it would begin the process of renaming the high school, built in 1930, nearly a year and a half after activists began circulating a change.org petition to change the school’s name.
“After years of examining the legacy of former US President Woodrow Wilson, WE have come to see that his views and actions contradict the values and diversity We see in Woodrow Wilson High School today as well as the society WE live in Camden NJ,” the petition reads, adding that “[we] must be honest with Our People about the truth of a School that was named after a white Supremacist who was a former US President.”
“To continue to have such a name on a school only aides as a continuous reminder of a true systemic oppression that has not only been foreseen by US as parents but also Now through the eyes of Our Children today.”