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Student Govt. at Brown U. Narrowly Rejects Effort to Remove Roman Statues From Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 17, 2020 2 Comments

“Because the measure did not receive a majority either way, the Council does not officially endorse the initiative”...

U. Notre Dame Covers Christopher Columbus Murals With Tapestries

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 12, 2020 1 Comment

"The tapestries show turtles, rabbits, foxes, rats, bears, eagles and fish, as well as a variety of plant life."...

History Scholar Says White Supremacists Use Medieval History to ‘Justify Violent Behavior’

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 11, 2020 11 Comments

“White supremacists use medieval history to justify violent behavior.”...

UVA Students Hold Community Healing Event After School Refuses to Remove Thomas Jefferson Statue

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 04, 2020 5 Comments

“This is what democracy looks like”...

Harvard Exploring the Renaming of Pretty Much Everything on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 31, 2020 7 Comments

"names or representations should be removed in view of their past advocacy or support of activities that many members of our community would today find abhorrent"...

Brown U. Students Want Roman Statues Removed From Campus Claiming They Promote White Supremacy

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 29, 2020 8 Comments

“It is not that difficult to see how a statue of (Caesar Augustus) would serve as an icon of colonial and imperial domination”...

Beheaded Bust of George Washington Still Not Reattached at GWU Five Months Later

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 28, 2020 0 Comments

"The College Fix took photographs last week and confirmed the bust is still missing."...

Emerson College Hosts Panel to Discuss the Removal of Offensive Monuments

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 19, 2020 1 Comment

“I wanted to point out the importance of claiming space and saying names as acts of resistance”...

Student Govt. at UW-Madison Passes Resolution Supporting Removal of Lincoln Statue

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 10, 2020 7 Comments

"Many students do not feel comfortable seeing him every day when we used to walk to classes."...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xzNyrFhzew

Scholars Call on Pulitzer Board to Revoke Prize Given to 1619 Project Author Nikole Hannah-Jones

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 08, 2020 31 Comments

Nikole Hannah-Jones has admitted that her '1619 Project' was more about controlling the narrative than presenting an accurate portrayal of history. She and the New York Times have also already scrubbed central aspects of the project, angering progressives. Now, a group of scholars is calling on the Pulitzer board to revoke a prize awarded to Jones last spring.

UVA President Says School Will Not Remove Thomas Jefferson Statue

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 04, 2020 3 Comments

“as long as I am president, the University of Virginia will not walk away from Thomas Jefferson”...

Prager University Has Been So Successful That the Panicked Left is Now Trying to Copy the Model

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 30, 2020 19 Comments

We have been writing about Dennis Prager's 'Prager University' videos since the beginning of the project, and their success is undeniable. Prager U. reaches millions of people with informative videos about politics, history and culture. Their outreach has become so effective that the left is now offering a version of their own.

NY Times and Nikole Hannah-Jones Quietly Dropping Central Claims of 1619 Project

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 23, 2020 32 Comments

Back in July, the 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones admitted that it was really more about controlling the narrative than an honest representation of history. Now we are learning that Hannah-Jones and the New York Times are scrubbing some of the central claims of the project. What a surprise.

U. Missouri Forced to Place Protective Case Around Thomas Jefferson Tombstone

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 21, 2020 5 Comments

“This is Jefferson’s original tombstone that was entrusted to the university and we have a responsibility to insure that it is preserved appropriately”...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvaMo4wVaUU&t=14s

Survey Finds Nearly 20% of Millennials and Gen Z in NY Believe Jews Caused the Holocaust

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 17, 2020 36 Comments

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany commissioned a recent survey, which found a shocking number of young people in the state of New York believe Jews caused the Holocaust. It is absolutely stunning that so many people could be so grossly misinformed about one of the most horrific and significant events of the 20th century.

Colleges Seek to ‘Decolonize’ Curriculum in Effort to Increase Diversity

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 09, 2020 2 Comments

"Across America, people are toppling statues and lowering flags that symbolize and honor racism. But the real edifice of structural racism in this country is the education system – and that has to change."...

Washington and Lee University Offers Course on ‘How to Overthrow the State’

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 06, 2020 31 Comments

For months now, Washington and Lee University in Virginia has been struggling over whether or not to strip Lee's name from the school, based on his association with the Confederacy. Yet the same school is now offering a course on how to overthrow the state. How's that for irony?

URI Removing Murals Commemorating WWII Veterans for Lacking Diversity

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 06, 2020 12 Comments

“These murals were a snapshot in time, but the images no longer represent who we are today and where we are going in the future” ...

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