Vancouver School Board will remove Cecil Rhodes sign

A sign honouring a controversial figure will permanently be stripped away from a Vancouver school.

Vancouver School Board Trustees voted unanimously to permanently remove a sign commemorating Cecil Rhodes, widely considered the grandfather of apartheid in South Africa.

The sign, located at L’Ecole Bilingue Elementary School near Oak and 14th, was temporarily covered up earlier this month.

Trustee Jennifer Reddy, who initially made the motion to have it removed, says the plaque is harmful to students and community members.

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I personally dont know much about Cecil Rhodes.
Cecil Rhodes School was on the site since 1910 but looks like someone has "hurt feelings"

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