In the United States, we have gone on a rampage of renaming schools, buildings, forts, and other places because the person for whom they were named have now fallen out of favor.

It's one thing to rename a fort that was named for a Confederate general, it's another to rename a school because the person it's named for is associated with a certain bad orange man.

But a school board in Detroit has now voted to do just that by removing Dr. Ben Carson's name from a high school.

Let's see, here. Ben Carson was born into poverty, worked his way out, became a world-renowned brain surgeon, and served in a cabinet-level position in the White House... but despite all of these achievements he's still considered a pariah.

This is the definition of a success story for black Americans. But because he's conservative, he must be erased.

From the Detroit News:

Under the measure, the board can opt to change a school's name to honor "individuals who have made a significant contribution to the enhancement of education," according to the district. The board also can select another name under circumstances that include when a building is newly built or redesigned, where the name no longer reflects the current student population or "the community of the geographic area where the school is located requests a name change that more closely aligns with the history of the locality, or information newly discovered about the current name of the school is negative in nature."

Citing those guidelines, the recommendation Tuesday involved four buildings — the Carson site, Harms Elementary School, Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men and Detroit School of the Arts, — as well as three new programs, including one at Marygrove, the Latin School or Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women.

Board member LaMar Lemmons had pushed to rename Carson school, which is named after the Housing and Urban Development secretary and former Republican presidential candidate who graduated from the district.

Apparently, Ben Carson, who graduated from this very school district, doesn't represent the values of Detroit.

I guess those values are the opposite of successful, hardworking, and intelligent.

Lemmons cited the neurosurgeon's name being added when the district was under an emergency financial manager, saying some residents objected to Carson representing the city.

Residents "don't support the (Trump) administration," he said.

Ben Carson is exactly the kind of person students in Detroit should look up to.

But it's 2022 and conservatives are now evil.