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    San Francisco School To Paint Over Historic George Washington Mural — For $600,000

    -The San Francisco school system will shell out $600,000 to paint over a historic mural at a public school depicting the life of George Washington after school board members declared it was racist and "traumatizes students and community members."

    The 13-panel, 1,600-square foot mural — painted 83 years ago — adorns several walls at George Washington High School, showing numerous Americana scenes. In one, white pioneers are seen standing over the body of an American Indian. In another, slaves are shown working at Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Virginia.

    "The mural is a fresco, which means it's painted on the wall and can't easily be removed. Painting it over won't happen immediately. Should a lawsuit or other delay arise, it will be covered up until the issues are resolved. The board plans to digitally archive the mural," the Associated Press reported. And if you're wondering why painting it over could possibly cost $600,000, the AP said, "Most of the $600,000 earmarked for the project will go toward a required environmental review and to cover expected legal challenges."

    A San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) working group said the artwork "glorifies slavery, genocide, colonization, manifest destiny, white supremacy, oppression...

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/201...al-for-600000/

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    Wimps, whiners and snowflakes.

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    destroy our history.. We've seen some of the results of that, haven't we?

    I shudder for coming generations, if Jesus doesn't come before.

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    I have some older history books that I plan to hang on to.

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    If we don't know our history, we will be doomed to repeat it, and in a worse way. Oh wait, we're already doing that....

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