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Kind of Blue

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16. "While we cannot make excuses for the rhetoric...

Reply to DeminPennswoods (Reply #8)

Tue Jun 23, 2020, 04:37 PM

Jun 2020

made by Mrs. Schott decades ago, we can ask you to learn from Mrs. Schott’s mistakes as well as her great love for Cincinnati," the Marge & Charles J. Schott Foundation said in a June 11 statement. "We appreciate what these great organizations bring to Cincinnati and we fully support the decisions made by the organizations who have received grants from the foundation. We will continue to support the Cincinnati community and the important work of our charities and nonprofits."

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2020/06/23/uc-to-rename-marge-schott-stadium.html

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University removes Marge Schott's name from stadium [View all] Omaha Steve Jun 2020 OP

Kickin' With Gusto! Faux pas Jun 2020 #1

About time! Bayard Jun 2020 #2

Everyone had a story about her ignorant bigotry. maxsolomon Jun 2020 #3

Bit by bit, one step at a time Maeve Jun 2020 #4

Good. Laelth Jun 2020 #5

I Recall That ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #15

It's about time we stop rewarding terrible people! Initech Jun 2020 #6

Outstanding move. Compliments to all concerned. (nt) Paladin Jun 2020 #7

Putting a person's name on a building DeminPennswoods Jun 2020 #8

Hopefully, it's all been spent. SharonClark Jun 2020 #10

Putting a donor's name on a building, hospital wing etc. luvtheGWN Jun 2020 #14

"While we cannot make excuses for the rhetoric... Kind of Blue Jun 2020 #16

Out damn Schott. nt oasis Jun 2020 #9

I'm sorry, but did they...just realize that Marge Schott was a virulent racist? Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2020 #11

EXACTLY Skittles Jun 2020 #19

Never a baseball fan. Tom Traubert Jun 2020 #12

WOW!!! nt Hotler Jun 2020 #17

Howard and Billy certainly had Schott's number. Tom Traubert Jun 2020 #18

The only place her name should be is on her tombstone. Dem2theMax Jun 2020 #13