New Jersey school district removes Thomas Jefferson’s name from elementary school because of slavery

They are destroying America right before our eyes, and the chattering class is cheering. This attack on our history is another front in the left’s treason against America. This is an enemy movement. And they should be treated as any domestic enemy actively engaging in warfare to destroy a nation. The left is trying to make Americans ashamed of our own culture and heritage, and to forget the contributions of Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers to the principle of representative government, as well as Jefferson’s own arguments in favor of the abolition of slavery. They will never find perfect people to memorialize, but that isn’t the point. The point is to get Americans to hate America.

“New Jersey district removes Thomas Jefferson from elementary school name over slavery,” by Timothy H.J. Nerozzi, Fox News, August 20, 2022:

An elementary school in New Jersey is changing its name after a successful year-long campaign to end its association with Thomas Jefferson due to his slave ownership.

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Jefferson Elementary School in South Orange, New Jersey, is being renamed to Delia Bolden Elementary School to honor the first Black woman to graduate high school in the area, according to NJ Advance Media.

The name was selected by the student body from a list of choices. Many of the proposed names were of individuals related to the local area while others had no reference to a person living or dead.

Alternative choices included “Ruth Bader Ginsberg Elementary School” and “New Legacy Elementary School.”

The school claims the initiative was proposed and led by students. However, faculty members have been vocal in their support and assistance to the cause.

“I want to make that point that Thomas Jefferson owned over 600 slaves,” board member Qawi Telesford said at a June meeting on the issue. “He freed two while he was alive and seven after he died, which basically means I have a 1.5% chance of being free in Thomas Jefferson’s world. So, I am not thankful to him. I am thankful to the people who made sure that I could actually be free and be on the board with you today.”

The school’s superintendent applauded the decision….

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