First It Was Confederate Generals, Now it’s Black Conservatives

Renaming buildings was never about fighting racism.

November 19, 2018 Daniel Greenfield

The Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine near the Detroit Medical Center has an ambitious program of preparing its mostly African-American students for careers in medicine.  Students from Ben Carson High recently toured a hospital and experienced what it’s like to be doctors.   The school’s name, in its own words, honors “Dr. Benjamin Carson whose journey from impoverished, inner-city Detroit youth to acclaimed neurosurgeon is remarkable and is a constant reminder to Benjamin Carson students that their career dreams are achievable.”

Or maybe not.

The Detroit school board voted to rename the school under guidelines that say a school can be renamed when it doesn’t reflect the student population or when “information newly discovered about the current name of the school is negative in nature.” ..........To Read More...