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UC Berkeley De-Names Two More Buildings, Dean Argues It’s ‘Not An Erasure Of History’

Eric Quintanar
UC Berkeley De-Names Two More Buildings, Dean Argues It’s ‘Not An Erasure Of History’
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The University of California, Berkeley, the nation’s most prestigious public school, has moved forward with de-naming two more buildings on its campus because the persons the buildings were named after held racist or colonialist beliefs.

LeConte Hall and Barrows Hall were deemed problematic after campus community members submitted them for review by the Building Name Review Committee in July.

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