Harvard Law School recommends removal of school seal tied to slavery

[Heeeeers Johnny]

Enough already!
This 'micro-aggression' thing is getting out of hand.



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A Harvard Law School committee recommended on Friday the removal of the school’s current symbol, which is modeled on the family crest of an 18th-century slaveholder.

The law school’s dean, Martha Minow, established the committee of faculty, students, alumni, and staff in November after a student group called “Royall Must Fall” demanded the school replace what they called a blatant symbol of the slaveholding era. The seal, which features three bushels of wheat on a shield, bears the crest of the former slave-owning Royall family, whose donation helped establish Harvard’s first law professorship.

http://www.boston.com/news/education/2016/03/04/harvard-law-school-recommends-removal-school-seal-tied-slavery/RgcNyHfUCOzGzIYHtNYB9N/story.html?p1=feature_pri_hp

[KamaAina]

1. Yale is having the same issue with Calhoun College

Yale College (the undergraduate school) is divided into twelve residential colleges (please don't call them dorms ; they have amenities such as their own libraries, theaters, etc.). Calhoun is, of course, named for slaveholder John C. Calhoun. A debate is raging over whether to change its name. Already the college's master (yes, the term "master" has come under fire as well ) has removed stained-glass windows depicting Calhoun's slaves.

[Heeeeers Johnny]

3. Nothing like a good ol' Ivy League rivalry

Harvard already beat them to it...

The call for the seal’s removal is part of an ongoing effort at the university to create a more inclusive campus. Last week, Harvard announced that the leaders of dorms, once called “House Masters,” will now be called “Faculty Deans” after students criticized the term’s associations with slavery.

[Nye Bevan]

6. And Washington, DC, is named for slaveholder George Washington.

Lots of stuff to rename if we're going to go own this road.

[KamaAina]

7. As is the whole damn state of Washington.

[FLPanhandle]

2. This is the type of shit that makes liberals look stupid

[Spacedog1973]

4. Its the kind of shit

That highlights the nations racist past and present

[LanternWaste]

5. That a college is changing a wee mascot makes you look stupid?

That a college is changing a wee seal makes you look stupid? Precisely how?

Additionally, does that apply to all commercial re-branding, or merely re-branding predicated on on an ethical choice?