RE "Mary" and "Dixie"
Channel: David Curtis
Date: 15/11/2018

A real estate agent in Lucas Valley contends that the name of our school district "Dixie" honors a Miwok woman named Mary Dixie.

David Curtis speculates some of the implications of her position.

David Curtis, an autonomous human being, and a parent to both a current, and a former Dixie elementary school student, discusses the ongoing re-branding efforts of the Dixie School District in Lucas Valley, CA, a suburb to San Rafael in Marin County area.

His words are in no part connected to those of his wife's, Marnie Glickman, who is a school district trustee. She exists also as an autonomous human being. (It happens)

David resides in Lucas Valley, which has maintained the confederate term "Dixie" as an at times unfortunate branding of its school district.

The discussion to revisit the branding has been ongoing for over two decades. Mostly led by various African American residents of the area.

Recently the discussion is folding in native Americans and also several faith based organisations.

There seems to be a residual interest on the part of some members of the RE industry to maintain the brand for its perceived inherent protective value of "property".

Supporters of the re-branding suggest that an obvious moral choice overrides concern for any perceived property