Ben Carson chalked up the removal of his name from a high school in Detroit to “wokeness spreading throughout our community” and society reaching “the point where political ideology trumps the whole purpose of an educational institution.”
The Detroit School Board voted to change the name of Ben Carson High School of Science and Medicine, removing its connection to the retired neurosurgeon who was the secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Trump administration, according to former HUD chief of staff Andrew Hughes.
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