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677 points saeedjabbar | 3 comments | 16 Jun 20 15:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.473s | source

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Whoa! I didn’t realize Leland Stanford was racist. And blatantly so. Makes you wonder if the university should be renamed.

It's named after his only son, who passed away from Typhoid at 15: https://facts.stanford.edu/about/

2. badcede ◴[16 Jun 20 21:49 UTC] No.23544673[source]▶

The zealots won't care.

3. refurb ◴[16 Jun 20 23:45 UTC] No.23545754[source]▶

There are plenty of statues and a mausoleum for Leland Sr. on campus.

For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part of doing business