As the city of Berkeley tries to correct past wrongs, it is running into a problem with its history and its very name.
BERKELEY -- The city of Berkeley was established in 1866, when attitudes about race were far different than today. Now, as the city tries to correct past wrongs, it is running into a problem with its history and its very name.
He reportedly bought indigenous people to work on his property in Rhode Island, referred to them as"savages" and even advocated kidnapping native children to convert them if their parents wouldn't give them up voluntarily. The university has taken action against others with a sordid past, renaming a number of its buildings in the last few years. But how would officials rename the school itself? In a statement, spokesperson Dan Mogulof wrote,"We acknowledge that the university's founders chose to name their new town and campus after an individual whose views warrant no honor or commemoration."
"I think it just sharpens into focus the old problem of trying to eradicate this stuff, because it's always going to be there somehow," said Brockie."So maybe it's about redefining what the name means, or cementing what the name means."
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