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Phil Varner
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he/him I'm not a historian, but I play one on the twitters Amateur poultry enthusiast "Peoples are governed by not by realities but by myths" -- J. A. Rogers
Oct 14, 2020 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Thread: Since the @CvilleSchools "Naming of Facilities Committee" starts meeting this Thursday, I thought I'd send out some info and thoughts. Image 2/ All the work I've done on researching and compiling biographical info on our current names is here: correctingthenarrative.org/posts/names-pr…
Jul 2, 2020 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Thread: About why removing the Confederate statues in Charlottesville seems to be on hold right now. Even though the new VA state law went into effect today, we can't actually start doing it, because the City has an injunction against it from trying to remove them last year. 1/ Richmond currently has a state of emergency because of a month-long police riot and white supremacists threatening people (and Black people hanging out a park, I guess?), so Mayor Stoney used the public safety threat to have them relocated pending going through the new process 2/
Jan 9, 2020 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
1/ Thread: I'm finally going to do a Cville School Board comment about the school names research I've been doing. correctingthenarrative.org/posts/names-pr… Draft text in thread. 2/ While the division has made quite a large number of substantive steps regarding equity and inclusion, one of most glaring symbolic discordances lies in the names of our schools. I'm definitely not the first person to bring this up, as Zyahna Bryant broached the subject...
Sep 29, 2019 • 36 tweets • 9 min read
1/ Since #BannedBooksWeek is over, now it's time for #BanRacistBooksWeek. There are two books that I've submitted a Request for Reconsideration to (ironically) the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. 2/ The books are Monticello Scrapbook (1939) and Young Tom Jefferson's Adventure Chest (1942), both by Betty Davis Via, children's historical fiction about the life of Thomas Jefferson.