On Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 6:30:20 PM UTC-7, Michael Press wrote:
> Oregon school district removes "Lynch" name from three
> schools because Loretta Lynch is a disreputable person
> who did great harm.
Don't be ridiculous. It's because somebody is afraid the school cafeterias are going to serve "Lynchburg Lemonade" by mistake.
Okay, when you look at the names of the schools - Lynch Wood, Lynch Meadows, and Lynch View - you can make a case that they sound like places where blacks would be lynched (or where whites would watch).
Then again, considering this is Oregon, I am a little surprised they didn't "compromise" by changing the name of one of the schools to Jane Lynch Elementary...