New York – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is siding with his son who wants Yale University to drop the name of a U.S. vice president who defended slavery from a residential hall.
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The Democratic mayor told reporters on Monday he “absolutely” favors stripping the name of John C. Calhoun from the college dorm where his son, Dante de Blasio, currently resides.
De Blasio’s son is a member of the school’s Black Student Union and has been participating in protests against racial insensitivity.
Calhoun was a prominent slave-owning politician from South Carolina and served in the U.S. Senate and as the seventh U.S. vice president from 1825 to 1832.
they should name it after Dinkins like de bozo did to the municipal building arbitrarily.
LOL he may as well advocate for changing the name of the school itself. Check on Wikipedia what kind of oisvorf Elihu Yale was.
When do these people stop being offended by everything and just get on with living?
That’s out history …I wouldn’t be complaining this guy is in Yale
Instead of protesting figure out ways to get more blacks into Yale
take away all names that are American because the INDIANS are upset and they were HERE first !!!
don’t forget to change street names too…wouldn’t want to insult anyone
All of a sudden he is aware of this person get with you knew it before he enrolled there. Don’t like it find another school that suits your views.
Enough with is nonsense.. Get a real job
These students are the same kind of people who would blow up and destroy the monuments of previous people that don’t fit into their thinking
What about colonial merchant Archibald Gracie, whose mansion is now de Blasio’s residence? Shouldn’t that name be changed?
Pic looks like some clown act or a cabaret.
If you want to rewrite history, why not change the name of the country while your at it to the “United States of African, European & Asians in America” !
Hey Bill, how about giving Dante a few bucks for a haircut? You should also warn him to stay away from open flames.
just wondering what the kids grades were that he was able to get into yale.
Dante’s hair is stuck in the 1970’s.
If that kid is as nearly as stupid his father, then he’s lucky in Yale in the first place.
They name it after Al Sharpton.