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Stanford also contains "Ford", a possible reference to the notorious anti-semite Henry Ford.

I propose renaming the institution after a more acceptable historical figure, one whom most undergraduates don't think did anything wrong: Stalin.



They have an email link to submit additional words. We're I not early in my academic career and worried of potential repercussions, I would be emailing these suggestions to them. Though I worry if they wouldn't just add them all to the list rather than understanding the message.


This should not be considered hyperbole. These people will write entire books which can be summarised as "Pol Pot did nothing wrong" [0]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide_denial#Chom...




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