Damn you racists!

Via Philly Inquirer:

The Willingboro Township Council voted unanimously Tuesday to rescind its controversial decision to rename the John F. Kennedy Center – the town’s former high school – as the Barack Obama Center.

Cheers erupted among the more than 200 people who filled the bleachers and chairs at the JFK Center’s auditorium, where the meeting was held. Many said they had come to protest a name change they viewed as disrespectful of a beloved president.

The uproar wasn’t about President Obama in this predominantly middle-class black community of 31,000, which had voted for the nation’s first black president twice. Many residents said they objected to removing Kennedy’s name from the building. […]

As the large, diverse crowd watched, the five-member all-Democratic council decided quickly to reverse its Aug. 7 vote. Councilman Chris Walker, who had proposed the name change, said he did it to honor Obama. He said he now would agree to undo that vote.

Councilman Nathaniel Anderson apologized, saying he was unaware of the history of the building and had failed to “think it through” and gather public input before supporting the name change.