Last month, Princeton University announced it will rename the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, saying “[Wilson] not only acquiesced in but added to the persistent practice of racism in this country, a practice that continues to do harm today. Wilson’s segregationist policies make him an especially inappropriate namesake for a public policy school.” Support for segregating the public service and combat units during World War I were policies that dealt serious harm to American citizens and deservedly taint his legacy.
While not comparable to the racial repercussions wreaked by segregation, we should cancel Wilson’s terrible tax policies while we’re at it.
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