Princeton Pulls Wilson Name; Order Guards Statues: Protest Wrap

(Bloomberg) -- Princeton will remove President Woodrow Wilson’s name from its prestigious public policy school and a residential college. “Wilson’s racism was significant and consequential even by the standards of his own time,” Christopher L. Eisgruber, Princeton’s president, wrote Saturday.

The governor of Mississippi -- the last state with a flag that includes the Confederate battle emblem -- said Saturday he would immediately sign any bill to remove the symbol.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that he said is intended to protect monuments and statues from “anarchists and left-wing extremists.” The order also would allow the government to prosecute anyone for damaging religious property.

Unilever and Coca-Cola Co. joined a growing list of companies ramping up their responses to racial injustice by pulling ads from Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. social media platforms amid debates over their response to posts that may be misleading. JPMorgan Chase & Co. said it would cut ties with clients that direct racial abuse toward call-center employees. Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Inc. and other big tech companies are on the defensive over the sale of facial-recognition software to police departments.

“The Simpsons” will no longer have White actors voicing the roles of non-White characters on the long-running Fox-TV series, part of a push by animated shows to be more sensitive to matters of race and avoid stereotypes.

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• A Confederate-Flag Diehard May Fold, Bowing to Weight of History
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• Confederate-Flag Ban Is Nascar’s All-In Survival Bet
• Country Music Reckons With Racial Stereotypes And Its Future
• U.K. Labour Divided Again as Official Sacked Over Anti-Semitism

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