Princeton to remove Woodrow Wilson name from public policy school

The sad thing is that all these actions to remove statues and names of official buildings, will fuel more racism rather than down it.

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician, lawyer, and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the 34th governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election

What is forgotten is that he was an advocate for world peace following World War I, crafting the League of Nations, a precursor of the United Nations. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize.

He pushed for sweeping social reforms for the middle class, and giving women voting rights.

Of course that's irrelevant because of his "racist" views that were typical of the times back then.

I wonder when Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's legecy will be torn down. Remember what he did to the Japanese-Americans during World War II? Wasn't that a racist act? Or perhaps Asian Lives Do Not Matter.

Wilson was an outright racist, finally some was done with removing his statue. The man won’t be missed.

Wilson is a complicated case because there is significant good and bad. I can't offer an opinion on Princeton's decision because I'm simply not close enough to understanding the issues with him, both for and against.

I can, however, offer this opinion. As a society, if we can't ever forgive the bad, we'll wind up harming ourselves. To me, this is the greater risk. A society which becomes less tolerant of the flaws of others, real or perceived, is a society headed for trouble.

The problem with where all this is going is that until perhaps the 1960s or later, just about any famous political person in the US or Europe who was White prescribed, to varying degrees, to the theory that White people were superior to all other races. Meaning that hardly any historical person will be free from this.

 just about any famous political person in the US or Europe who was White prescribed, to varying degrees, to the theory that White people were superior to all other races

Whether true or not, I don't think this is important. I'm guessing that most African-Americans don't care whether white people like them or not. The issue is about wealth and opportunity. Woodrow Wilson actively prevented such opportunities.

Looks like all things named after a person need to become like stadium names - bought by the family for a 20-yr lease.

Hopefully, all the road and highway names will be changed, just for fun too.