The process of re-naming Vaughan Secondary School, whose eponym was a slave owner, is causing concerns about racism. Members of Black and Muslim advocacy groups say the late Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh received the most votes from a community survey done on whom the school should be re-named after. A school board trustee is questioning the legitimacy of those votes which some say shows anti-Black and Islamophobic sentiments. Miranda Anthistle has the details.
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School re-naming stirs up accusations of racism
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