Debating C.C. Little Past and Present at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
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Taylor Landeryou
8 years ago
Taylor Landeryou
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Lance Sloan
8 years ago
While renaming the building, include a plaque on the building, near the new name, that states what the old name had been and why it was renamed.
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Nora Hilgart-Griff
8 years ago
It's time to tear down confederate statues, it's time to rename this building, it's time to stop honoring the terrible legacy of racism, sexism, ableism. CC Little should not be honored with such a prominent space in campus consciousness any longer.
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Megan Mullins
8 years ago
Megan Mullins
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Alex Hedge
8 years ago
The terrorist institution of white supremacy has existed too long in the United States. For our society to truly be post-racial, it's time for racists to stop being revered.
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Samantha Kennedy
8 years ago
Don't honor a eugenicist.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
It is utterly deplorable that a president of the University of Michigan not only approved of eugenics, but was a leader in the movement. While neither C.C. Little's involvement with the university nor the harm that he inflicted on women of color and women with disabilities can be undone, it is critical that the university remove the honor bestowed upon him to have the bus station and university building named after him. The university must denounce C.C. Little and all that he stands for. Women of color deserve to feel respected and safe on their university campus. It is blatantly disrespectful for a building to still be named in the honor of a man who is responsible for so much harm, especially when the university claims to stand by the tenants of diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a step in the right direction, the university also should rename the building after a woman of color to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions that women of color have made to our campus, our country, and their chosen fields.
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Alex Worth
8 years ago
So crazy that eugenicists like Clarence Little and Margaret Sanger are still celebrated today. I thought we would have moved on from that.
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Marilee A Kujat
8 years ago
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As the parent of a disabled student at U of M, having a building named after a person who would have forcefully called for their sterilization is a slap in the face. This building needs to be renamed.
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Sam Groh
8 years ago
Eugenics is bad.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
The work of contending with history is ongoing. This change is appropriate.
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Andrea Baker
8 years ago
Not cool...
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Andrew Grazioli
8 years ago
Andrew Grazioli
University of Michigan
Class of 2014
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Michael Constantine
8 years ago
I'm signing this on the good faith that a much better name will be chosen as a replacement.
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Sonia Joshi
8 years ago
If we are truly commited to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of Michigan, how can a Eugenicist have a building named after him?
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Kaiyana Dudley
8 years ago
Do the right thing! We do not tolerate and accept reflections of racism and violence.
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Ruby Tapia
8 years ago
Ruby Tapia
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Claire Rehfuss
8 years ago
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If we're willing to change the name of a building named after a UM president because of a large donation, I really hope we're willing to change the name of a building named after a UM president because of offensive and harmful actions he took
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Anonymous
8 years ago
While think it's fitting his name is on a building where we constantly denounce his scientific beliefs, it's probably about time for his name to be relegated to the history books.
Taylor Landeryou
While renaming the building, include a plaque on the building, near the new name, that states what the old name had been and why it was renamed.
It's time to tear down confederate statues, it's time to rename this building, it's time to stop honoring the terrible legacy of racism, sexism, ableism. CC Little should not be honored with such a prominent space in campus consciousness any longer.
Megan Mullins
The terrorist institution of white supremacy has existed too long in the United States. For our society to truly be post-racial, it's time for racists to stop being revered.
Don't honor a eugenicist.
It is utterly deplorable that a president of the University of Michigan not only approved of eugenics, but was a leader in the movement. While neither C.C. Little's involvement with the university nor the harm that he inflicted on women of color and women with disabilities can be undone, it is critical that the university remove the honor bestowed upon him to have the bus station and university building named after him. The university must denounce C.C. Little and all that he stands for. Women of color deserve to feel respected and safe on their university campus. It is blatantly disrespectful for a building to still be named in the honor of a man who is responsible for so much harm, especially when the university claims to stand by the tenants of diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a step in the right direction, the university also should rename the building after a woman of color to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions that women of color have made to our campus, our country, and their chosen fields.
So crazy that eugenicists like Clarence Little and Margaret Sanger are still celebrated today. I thought we would have moved on from that.
As the parent of a disabled student at U of M, having a building named after a person who would have forcefully called for their sterilization is a slap in the face. This building needs to be renamed.
Eugenics is bad.
The work of contending with history is ongoing. This change is appropriate.
Not cool...
Andrew Grazioli University of Michigan Class of 2014
I'm signing this on the good faith that a much better name will be chosen as a replacement.
If we are truly commited to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of Michigan, how can a Eugenicist have a building named after him?
Do the right thing! We do not tolerate and accept reflections of racism and violence.
Ruby Tapia
If we're willing to change the name of a building named after a UM president because of a large donation, I really hope we're willing to change the name of a building named after a UM president because of offensive and harmful actions he took
While think it's fitting his name is on a building where we constantly denounce his scientific beliefs, it's probably about time for his name to be relegated to the history books.
Ranya Alkhayyat